typesetter
noun
type·set·ter
ˈtīp-ˌse-tər 
: one that sets type or composes graphic matter for printing
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But most ventures failed, none more ruinously than the Paige typesetter.
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Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Newspapers were small operations where editors, owners, writers and typesetters were usually all the same person.
—Joseph Jones, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025
In reality, Alcala did work at the LA Times, but as a typesetter, not a photographer.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2024
Despite not using an alias and having prior convictions, Alcala was hired by The Times as a typesetter in September 1977.
—Barry Levitt, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
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Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Newspapers were small operations where editors, owners, writers and typesetters were usually all the same person.
—Joseph Jones, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025
In reality, Alcala did work at the LA Times, but as a typesetter, not a photographer.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2024
Despite not using an alias and having prior convictions, Alcala was hired by The Times as a typesetter in September 1977.
—Barry Levitt, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for typesetter
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“Typesetter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/typesetter. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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