type-setting
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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