photocomposing

Variant of photocomposition

photocomposition definition

photo·com·po·si·tion (fōt′ō käm′pə zis̸h′ən)

noun

any of various methods of composing matter for printing, in which light images of type characters or graphics are projected in succession onto a photosensitive surface to produce a negative from which plates can be prepared

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