Composition Technology

Dictionary entry

1. Phototypesetting 1924–1990s / Technique

   Composition by lens and glass matrix, printing letters optically — bringing tight setting, distortion and smooth contours metal type never allowed.

2. Proofreading Marks 16th century– / Technique

   The sign language that corrects a typeset page in dialogue with its margins. The to-and-fro of deletion and restoration, the dele and stet of Western practice — the editing protocol that stands behind every typeset page, including this dictionary's.

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