typesetter
noun
type·set·ter
ˈtīp-ˌse-tər 
: one that sets type or composes graphic matter for printing
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Large windows connect the typesetter’s office to the workshop below, where men are lined up in rows, throwing lead slugs of type into trays.
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Literary Hub, 8 Dec. 2025
More than 3,000 papers have folded since 2005, as smaller staffs, never glamorously appointed, have been relegated to ever-more marginal bureaus: These are hybrid spaces, where, unlike larger outlets, white-collar editorial staff bump elbows with manual workers like printers and typesetters.
—Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 1 Dec. 2025
In 1976, Rinnert joined In These Times, then a progressive startup publication, as a typesetter.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
But most ventures failed, none more ruinously than the Paige typesetter.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
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Literary Hub, 8 Dec. 2025
More than 3,000 papers have folded since 2005, as smaller staffs, never glamorously appointed, have been relegated to ever-more marginal bureaus: These are hybrid spaces, where, unlike larger outlets, white-collar editorial staff bump elbows with manual workers like printers and typesetters.
—Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 1 Dec. 2025
In 1976, Rinnert joined In These Times, then a progressive startup publication, as a typesetter.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
But most ventures failed, none more ruinously than the Paige typesetter.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Typesetter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/typesetter. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.
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