to phototypesetting
- verb
- Archaic
:
fotocomponer
- Before digital methods, publishers would phototypeset books to prepare them for printing.
Examples
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The magazine was phototypeset to achieve sharper images and cleaner text.
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Advances in technology have largely replaced the need to phototypeset documents.
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The company phototypeset the new magazine issue.
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They phototypeset the documents quickly.
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Before digital methods, printers would phototypeset materials to ensure high quality for publication.
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To enhance visual clarity, the designer chose to phototypeset the layout for the brochure.
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In the past, many publishing houses would phototypeset their magazines before the digital era took over.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
phototypesetting = typesetting (semi-transparent) = photo + type + set + ing
The verbal use keeps the same compositional structure as the noun, but the meaning remains specialized and only partly inferable from the parts.
Etymology
To phototypeset is to use photo- ('light') and type ('letters') to set text for printing. That is, it means preparing print letters by photographic methods rather than by metal type.