Typesetting | Sort (typesetting), Letterpress printing, Plaster of Paris, Papier mâché, Hot metal typesetting, Linotype machine, Monotype

Frederic P. Miller (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 6132772723 / ISBN 13: 9786132772725

Published by OmniScriptum, 2026

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Typesetting | Sort (typesetting), Letterpress printing, Plaster of Paris, Papier mâché, Hot metal typesetting, Linotype machine, Monotype | Frederic P. Miller (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2026 | OmniScriptum | EAN 9786132772725 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Typesetting | Sort (typesetting), Letterpress printing, Plaster of Paris, Papier mâché, Hot metal typesetting, Linotype machine, Monotype
• Publisher: OmniScriptum
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 6132772723
• ISBN 13: 9786132772725
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 6D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 6 millimeters depth
• Weight: 155 grams
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Synopsis

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Typesetting is the composition of text material by means of types. Typesetting requires the prior process of designing a font and storing it in some manner. Typesetting is the retrieval of the stored letters (called sorts in mechanical systems and glyphs in digital systems) and the ordering of them according to a language''s orthography for visual display. During the letterpress era, moveable type was composed by hand for each page. Cast metal sorts were composited into words and lines of text and tightly bound together to make up a page image called a forme, with all letter faces exactly the same height to form an even surface of type. The forme was mounted in a press, inked, and an impression made on paper. Phototypesetting or cold type" systems first appeared in the early 1960s and rapidly displaced continuous casting machines. These devices consisted of glass disks (one per font) that spun in front of a light source which selectively exposed characters onto light-sensitive paper. "