compositors
Those who arrange type
Compositors are workers who set type for printing—arranging individual letters and symbols into pages of text.
Before digital typesetting, compositors worked by hand or at machines like Linotypes, assembling metal type character by character.
The term persists in software contexts for programs that combine visual elements into a final image or display.
Line-casting printing machine
- monotypeNon-reproducible printed artwork
- typecaseSectioned box for letters
- galleyOnboard food preparation area
- slugNaked terrestrial mollusk
chase · quoin · lead · phototypesetting · letterpress · journeyman · printshop · proofing
Letter-pair spacing adjustment
- fontCharacter style set
- glyphVisual form of character
- typefaceLettering style design
- pointExact location or meaning
pica · leading · tracking · em · en · serif · baseline · ligature
Print preparation stage
- paginationSequential numbering of sheets
- folioSingle-fold page format
- rectoRight-hand book page
- versoLeft-hand book page
signature · collation · quarto · octavo · imprint · manuscript · copyediting · proofreading
Page layout application
- PageMakerDocument layout software
- DTPLayout software or triple vaccine
- preflightingInspecting aircraft before departure
- PDFFixed-layout document format
PostScript · WYSIWYG · frame · bleed
linotype
Line-casting printing machine
- monotypeNon-reproducible printed artwork
- typecaseSectioned box for letters
- galleyOnboard food preparation area
slug · chase · quoin · lead · phototypesetting · letterpress · journeyman · printshop · proofing · makeup
kerning
Letter-pair spacing adjustment
point · pica · leading · tracking · em · en · serif · baseline · ligature · x-height
prepress
Print preparation stage
- paginationSequential numbering of sheets
- folioSingle-fold page format
- rectoRight-hand book page
verso · signature · collation · quarto · octavo · imprint · manuscript · copyediting · proofreading · broadsheet
InDesign
Page layout application
- PageMakerDocument layout software
- DTPLayout software or triple vaccine
- preflightingInspecting aircraft before departure
PDF · PostScript · WYSIWYG · frame · bleed
- publishingpublishers, editors, editor, publishing house, books
- print historyprinting press, printing presses, printing houses, movable type, print shops
- printing historyprinting press, Gutenberg, typographers, Gutenberg press, block printing
- desktop customizationwallpaper, wallpapers, themes, icons, cursors
- early printingmovable type, typography, incunabula, folio, quarto
- printing tradesmaster printers, print shops, printing houses, typesetters, pressmen
compositorswriters
Text composition professionals
authors · editors · journalists · copywriters · reporters