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Letterpress vs Typesetting - What's the difference?

letterpress | typesetting |

As nouns the difference between letterpress and typesetting

is that letterpress is the printing process in which ink is applied to the top surface of a raised image area, which is then pressed against paper to transfer the image while typesetting is (typography) the setting or composition of written material into type.

As a verb typesetting is

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letterpress

English

Noun

(letterpresses)
  • The printing process in which ink is applied to the top surface of a raised image area, which is then pressed against paper to transfer the image.
  • (printing) : printing directly from type, in distinction from printing from plates.
  • a machine used for such printing.

    • typesetting

    English

    (wikipedia typesetting)

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (typography) The setting or composition of written material into type.

    • Related terms

    * typeset * typesetter