phototypographyn.
/ˌfəʊtə(ʊ)tʌɪˈpɒɡrəfi/, U.S. /ˈˌfoʊdəˌtaɪˈpɑɡrəfi/ Printing.
Any process by which an image is photographically transferred to a plate for printing, as photosetting.
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heliography1845
photoglyphography1856
photoglyphy1858
phototypy1859
photogravure1873
dallastype1875
phototypography1875
heliogravure1879
autogravure1885
typogravure1885
helio-engraving1886
process engraving1889
gravure1893
colour gravure1900
1875 Presbyterian Q. & Princeton Rev. Apr. 386 The reproductions by photo-typography will include..pilgrimages to the Holy Land, broad sheets, crusading journals, etc.
1892 W. E. Woodbury Encycl. Photogr. 540 Photo-typography, a general term applied..to a large number of processes in which printing surfaces are made by the aid of light.
1973 W. H. Hallahan Ross Forgery (1977) ii. 23 Edgar Ross, Typographic Designer... Antique Fonts—Phototypography.
2001 Amer. Artist (Nexis) 1 Apr. 10 Twenty years ago, designers were using type matter set by phototypography or pressure graphics.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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