typesetting

[ tahyp-set-ing ]

/ ˈtaɪpˌsɛt ɪŋ /

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noun

the process or action of setting an article, book, or other printed matter into type.

adjective

used or intended for setting type.

Origin of typesetting

First recorded in 1855–60; type + setting

Words nearby typesetting

type-out, typescript, type section, typeset, typesetter, typesetting, type-site, type species, type specimen, typestyle, type V acrocephalosyndactyly

Example sentences from the Web for typesetting

Suddenly you can hold forth about leading and kerning and other esoteric aspects of typesetting.
Instagram App Deepens Class Warfare Between Apple and Android Smartphones|Dan Lyons|April 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
He knew something of the delays of completing a typesetting machine, and he had little faith in any near relief from that source.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete|Albert Bigelow Paine
In typewriting, in typesetting, in bricklaying, or in the highest type of mental work the result is the same.
A Civic Biology|George William Hunter
As typesetting is paid for by measure, such a worker would actually earn ten per cent.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 6, October, 1908|Various

The best thing is to forget it, but I'll make good your typesetting loss.
Ye of Little Faith|Roger Phillips Graham
Typesetting and editing of the original book from which this e-text has been transcribed was inconsistent.
Anna the Adventuress|E. Phillips Oppenheim