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typeset

verb
type·​set | \ ˈtÄ«p-ËŒset How to pronounce typeset (audio) \
typeset; typesetting

Definition of typeset

transitive verb

: to set in type : compose

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The Linotype machine was a hot metal line system for typesetting a line at a time instead of the earlier method of putting one letter at a time down for printing. Lyndi Mcnulty, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, "An Eye for Art: Manchester artist fell in love with making ‘something cool out of nothing’," 14 Aug. 2019 These were published in BOMB and appear in Screen Tests, but they were typeset by Olson and photographed as artworks included in the show. Tobias Carroll, Longreads, "‘I Surprise Myself With This Refusal To Let Go’: Kate Zambreno on the ‘Ghostly Correspondence’," 25 July 2019 Next week’s Invitational will go online a day early, on Wednesday, July 3, since the Arts & Style section of the Sunday print paper will be typeset that day as well. Washington Post, "The Style Invitational Empress discusses this week’s contest and results," 27 June 2019

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First Known Use of typeset

1945, in the meaning defined above

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