presswork
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There are, for example, chapters about paper, typography and layout, typesetting and presswork, bindings, endpapers and dust jackets.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2020
They needed good paper and careful presswork, and all over Europe paper and presswork were rapidly deteriorating.
From Fine Books by Alfred W. (Alfred William) Pollard
The paper, composition, and presswork of the book are very poor.
From The Uses of Italic A Primer of Information Regarding the Origin and Uses of Italic Letters by Frederick W. (Frederick William) Hamilton
The paper for quarter of a million copies will cost twelve hundred and fifty dollars, the presswork about five hundred dollars.
From The Bread Line A Story of a Paper by Albert Bigelow Paine
At my first admission into this printing-house I took to working at press, imagining I felt a want of the bodily exercise I had been used to in America, where presswork is mixed with composing.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 by Various
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