Damn typesetting sounds like such a cool term.
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Damn typesetting sounds like such a cool term. Makes me think you're literally picking up each letter and putting them... actually wait is that literally what it used to mean? Putting letters in a printing press?
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Damn typesetting sounds like such a cool term. Makes me think you're literally picking up each letter and putting them... actually wait is that literally what it used to mean? Putting letters in a printing press?
Yes, and it was a renowned job up until the late 90s/early 2000s. The job transformed drastically in the early 80s with upcoming new techniques (e.g. phototypesetting, the predecessor to digital typeset).
Without typesetters, a major role in terms of grammar and design checks broke away. This isn't the only factor, but since early 2000s, typos where everywhere.
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Yes, and it was a renowned job up until the late 90s/early 2000s. The job transformed drastically in the early 80s with upcoming new techniques (e.g. phototypesetting, the predecessor to digital typeset).
Without typesetters, a major role in terms of grammar and design checks broke away. This isn't the only factor, but since early 2000s, typos where everywhere.
I’m a designer and I never thought of how it influences typos, that’s a neat tidbit
