typesets
Prepares for printing
Typesets means arranges text for printing or display, selecting fonts, spacing, and layout.
The term comes from the era when printers assembled individual metal letters into frames.
Today typesetting is done digitally, but the verb persists: She typesets the company newsletter.
Someone who typesets is a typesetter.
One who arranges type
- linotypeLine-casting printing machine
- letterpressPrinting from raised surfaces
- galleyOnboard food preparation area
- fontCharacter style set
hot metal · press · proof · chase · slug · em · kerning · justified
Related typographic designs
- serifLetter terminal flourish
- sans-serifType without terminal strokes
- point sizeUnit measuring font height
- leadingGuiding or pacing type
tracking · alignment · hierarchy · weight · italic · roman · body text · headline
Computer-based document creation
- InDesignPage layout application
- LaTeXTechnical document preparation system
- formattingStructuring visual presentation
- layoutSpatial arrangement of elements
font selection · text flow · columns · margins · widow · orphan · stylesheet · template
compositor
One who arranges type
- linotypeLine-casting printing machine
- letterpressPrinting from raised surfaces
- galleyOnboard food preparation area
font · hot metal · press · proof · chase · slug · em · kerning · justified · ragged
font family
Related typographic designs
- serifLetter terminal flourish
- sans-serifType without terminal strokes
- point sizeUnit measuring font height
leading · tracking · alignment · hierarchy · weight · italic · roman · body text · headline · caption
desktop publishing
Computer-based document creation
- InDesignPage layout application
- LaTeXTechnical document preparation system
- formattingStructuring visual presentation
layout · font selection · text flow · columns · margins · widow · orphan · stylesheet · template · export
typesetswrites
Records in text
composes · authors · drafts · creates · originates
typesetsdisassembles
Takes something apart
breaks down · dismantles · scatters · unpublishes · erases
typesetsdismantles
Takes something apart systematically
scrambles · disarranges · jumbles · disorders · scatters