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Photographical analog method for text composition
Phototypesetting is a method of setting type which uses photography to make columns of type on a scroll of photographic paper. It has been made obsolete by the popularity of the personal computer and desktop publishing which gave rise to digital typesetting. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: PhototypesettingA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: PhototypesettingThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Chem—a program for phototypesetting chemical structure diagramsCited 7 times
- Go sideways: CompugraphicA closely related topic
- Go sideways: CAT (phototypesetter)A closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
Noun A printing process that generated columns of type on a scroll of photographic paper, using a phototypesetter.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Chem—a program for phototypesetting chemical structure diagrams
The CRT in phototypesetting systems
Ergonomics in India: a case study on workspace design for an Alphacomp phototypesetting machine
Monitor aims at phototypesetting
CRT's for phototypesetting
Dynamical change in ic topology is the advantage of a multi-phototypesetting stepper
Computer composition: automated phototypesetting and copy processing
Typographic Changes in the 20th Century: Ink to Laser Phototypesetting
đź“š Books worth reading
PhototypesettingCraig, James · 1978
Phototypography and graphic arts dimension control photographyJozef Bruyninckx · 1969
PhototypographyAllan Haley · 1980- 📕Fundamentals of modern photo-compositionJohn W. Seybold · 1979
- 📕Private AngeloEric Linklater, Magnus Linklater · 1957
EntrepreneurWilliam W. Garth · 2001
TypefolioPhoto-lettering, inc., New York. · 1979
Basic typographyCraig, James · 1990
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