typesetting
noun
type·set·ting
ˈtīp-ˌse-tiŋ 
: the process of setting material in type or into a form to be used in printing
also
: the process of producing graphic matter (as through a computer system)
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By the 1990s, developments in printing technology, including digital typesetting and affordable color printing, enabled publications to produce content rapidly and economically.
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Suzanne Dundas, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
In what was once the typesetting room of the Miami Daily News, later called the Miami News, large scrolls of clippings can be viewed by visitors using hand cranks that mimic a newspaper rolling off the press.
—Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Hot metal typesetting involved injecting molten type metal into a mold to create words.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
Printing with linotype machines, which had replaced typesetting, began to disappear in the 1960s and 1970s when phototypesetting, a method which uses photography to make columns of type, became more popular.
—Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
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Suzanne Dundas, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
In what was once the typesetting room of the Miami Daily News, later called the Miami News, large scrolls of clippings can be viewed by visitors using hand cranks that mimic a newspaper rolling off the press.
—Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Hot metal typesetting involved injecting molten type metal into a mold to create words.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
Printing with linotype machines, which had replaced typesetting, began to disappear in the 1960s and 1970s when phototypesetting, a method which uses photography to make columns of type, became more popular.
—Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for typesetting
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“Typesetting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/typesetting. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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