noun
typesetter
Typesetter (noun) means someone whose job is to arrange letters and characters ready for printing, especially by hand in the past.
noun
1
Someone whose job is to arrange letters and characters ready for printing, especially by hand in the past.
"My writing all took place over weekends, and because I only lived about ten miles away, Peter would hot-foot it to my home on a Monday morning to collect a large parcel of hand-typed sheets of copy, for despatch to the typesetters."
— Howard Johnston, Peter Kelly: August 2 1944-December 28 2022 (2023)
2
A machine that arranges letters and characters in the right order so that a page can be printed.
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Etymology
Formed from type and setter.
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What is the meaning of typesetter?
"typesetter" (noun) means someone whose job is to arrange letters and characters ready for printing, especially by hand in the past.
What is another word for typesetter?
Other words for "typesetter" include setter, compositor, typographer.
What are the different meanings of typesetter?
"typesetter" has 2 main meanings: 1. Someone whose job is to arrange letters and characters ready for printing, especially by hand in the past; 2. A machine that arranges letters and characters in the right order so that a page can be printed.
