typesetters
Print layout workers
Typesetters are workers who arrange text for printing.
Before computers, typesetters composed pages by placing individual metal letters or operating machines that cast type.
The trade required precision and literacy.
Now the term applies to anyone who formats text for publication, though the work has shifted almost entirely to software: The typesetters caught several errors before the book went to press.
One who arranges type
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- copyIdentical reproduction made
- editorOne who revises text
- proofreadingChecking text for mistakes
markup · specification · deadline · union · chapel · journeyman · apprentice · newspaper
Creating musical works
- kerningLetter-pair spacing adjustment
- leadingGuiding or pacing type
- spacingInterval arrangement between objects
- ligatureCord for binding
justification · letterpress · galley · chase · typecase · quoin · sorts · furniture
Apply force downward
- proofDemonstration of truth
- inkWriting fluid
- impressionEffect on the mind
- letterpressPrinting from raised surfaces
offset · broadsheet · quarto · octavo · signature · trimming · binding · registration
Lettering style design
- serifLetter terminal flourish
- sans-serifType without terminal strokes
- fontCharacter style set
- glyphVisual form of character
italic · bold · roman · pica · monospace · Helvetica · Baskerville · blackletter
compositor
One who arranges type
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- copyIdentical reproduction made
- editorOne who revises text
proofreading · markup · specification · deadline · union · chapel · journeyman · apprentice · newspaper · book
composing
Creating musical works
- kerningLetter-pair spacing adjustment
- leadingGuiding or pacing type
- spacingInterval arrangement between objects
ligature · justification · letterpress · galley · chase · typecase · quoin · sorts · furniture · lockup
press
Apply force downward
- proofDemonstration of truth
- inkWriting fluid
- impressionEffect on the mind
letterpress · offset · broadsheet · quarto · octavo · signature · trimming · binding · registration · plate
typeface
Lettering style design
- serifLetter terminal flourish
- sans-serifType without terminal strokes
- fontCharacter style set
glyph · italic · bold · roman · pica · monospace · Helvetica · Baskerville · blackletter · swash
alignment
Correct relative positioning
grid · indentation · hierarchy · orphans · widows · recto · verso · folio · runaround · measure
Linotype
Typesetting machine trademark
- keyboardArray of input keys
- matricesRectangular numerical arrangements
- magazineBound periodical with articles
casting · phototypesetting · Ludlow · mold · caster · operator
- newspapersnewspaper, headlines, headline, news, articles
- Colonial Pressprinting press, broadsides, gazettes, pamphlets, almanacs
- print historyprinting press, printing presses, printing houses, print shops, Gutenberg
- printing historyprinting press, Gutenberg, typographers, Gutenberg press, block printing
- book designerstypographer, typographers, layout artist, interior designer, interior designers
- printing tradesmaster printers, print shops, printing houses, compositors, pressmen
typesettersauthors
Creators of written works
writers · content creators · journalists · copywriters · novelists
typesettersreaders
Those who peruse text
subscribers · audiences · newspaper readers · consumers · proofreaders