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filmsetter en · NOUN

Etymology

From film + setter.

Meanings

1. A filmsetting machine.
   • With an accurate lay-out the bulk of the make-up can be done on the filmsetter. 2007, John Lewis, Typography: Design and Practice, →ISBN, page 107:
   • The first thing to remember about a filmsetter is that it is a camera and that its function is to present language in all its beauty, variety and intricacy. 1989, Allen Hutt, Bob James, Newspaper Design Today: A Manual for Professionals, page 24:
   • This provided an input speed that exceeded the capability of unscanned image filmsetters. Unscanned filmsetter devices use a moving matrix grid or a stationary character grid with electromechanical control of character selection for photographic recording. 1978, Allen Kent, Harold Lancour, Jay E. Daily, Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, →ISBN:

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