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photocomposition

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photocomposition
Laying out a printed page using electrophotographic machines, such as imagesetters and laser printers. See page makeup and pagination.
photocomposition [‚fōd·ō‚käm·pə′zish·ən]
(computer science)
Composition of type using electrophotographic techniques such as phototypesetters and laser printers.
(graphic arts)
Reproduction of type images by photographic means.
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THE FIRST AMENDMENT PROBLEM [L]iberty of the press is the right of the lonely pamphleteer who uses carbon paper or a mimeograph just as much as of the large metropolitan publisher who utilizes the latest photocomposition methods.
Testing the boundaries of the First Amendment press clause: a ... by Fargo, Anthony L.; Alexander, Laurence B. / Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy
Ever since hot metal typesetting gave way to photocomposition and then desktop publishing, their respective fortunes and identities have changed enormously in recent decades.
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At a time when lead type was still widely used, Univers was a breakthrough for photocomposition, the first major printing change in centuries, 21 sets of characters from straight to slant, narrow to extra-wide, fine to bold.
MAN OF LETTERS by GUINARD, MAVIS / Swiss News
 
 
 
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