type-setting

Example Sentences

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The foreman of the composing room distributes the manuscript, called copy, among skilled operators, who by means of type-setting machines put it into type.

From Great Inventions and Discoveries by Piercy, Willis Duff

Still type-setting was no bright field for a person of his temperament.

From The "Genius" by Dreiser, Theodore

Apprentices in newspaper composing rooms are permitted to spend the last six months of their period working on type-setting machines.

From Wage Earning and Education by Lutz, Rufus Rolla

There was a good supply of type, to be sure, but he was not much of a printer, and type-setting did not come easily to him.

From Crowded Out o' Crofield or, The Boy who made his Way by Stoddard, William Osborn

Monday, Rule was at work, type-setting in the Watch office.

From For Woman's Love by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte