phototypography

phototypography
phototypographic /foh'teuh tuy'peuh graf"ik/, adj.
/foh'toh tuy pog"reuh fee/, n.
1. (formerly) the art or technique of making printing surfaces by light or photography, by any of a large number of processes.
2. photocomposition.
[1885-90; PHOTO- + TYPOGRAPHY]

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  • photocomposition — /foh toh kom peuh zish euhn/, n. Print. any method of composition using photography, as composition by means of a photocomposer. Also called phototypesetting, phototypography. [1925 30; PHOTO + COMPOSITION] * * * ▪ printing also called… …   Universalium

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