Typesetting System

A Typesetting System is a Text Preprocessing System that can solve a Typesetting Task.

• Context:
  • It can range from being a Mechanical Typesetting System to being a Digital Typesetting System.
• Example(s):
  • Hot Metal Typesetting System,
  • Phototypesetting System,
  • SGML Typesetting System,
  • XML Typesetting System,
  • Latex Typesetting System,
  • Tex Typesetting System,
  • Troff Typesetting System.
• Context:
  • Printing System.
• See: Written Language, Glyphs, Orthography, Font.

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References

2020a

• (Wikipedia, 2020) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typesetting Retrieved:2020-2-16.
  • Typesetting is the composition of text by means of arranging physical types or the digital equivalents. Stored letters and other symbols (called sorts in mechanical systems and glyphs in digital systems) are retrieved and ordered according to a language's orthography for visual display. Typesetting requires one or more fonts (which are widely but erroneously confused with and substituted for typefaces). One significant effect of typesetting was that authorship of works could be spotted more easily, making it difficult for copiers who have not gained permission.

2020b

• (LaTex Project, 2020) ⇒ https://www.latex-project.org/ Retrieved:2020-2-16.
  • QUOTE: LaTeX is a high-quality typesetting system; it includes features designed for the production of technical and scientific documentation. LaTeX is the de facto standard for the communication and publication of scientific documents.

2009

• (Pankow, 2009) ⇒ David Pankow (2009) "Typesetting". in: Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia (discontinued in 2009). Cached on October 31, 2009 from http://encarta.msn.com/
  • QUOTE: Typesetting, the arrangement of individual characters of a particular typeface into words, sentences, paragraphs, and so on, for the purpose of printing and publishing (see Printing; Type). The designer, or typographer, selects the typeface, designs the page format, and makes copy-fitting calculations to ensure a readable and attractive publication that is economical to produce. For a basic text typesetting job, the designer provides a set of specifications — the type and particular size to be used; the measure, or line length; the method of justification (spacing the letters and words so that the margins are even); and the amount of interlinear spacing. Additional instructions are necessary for the setting of front matter (title page, table of contents, and so on) and end matter (bibliography and index, for example). After all type has been set, it is usually proofed (a printed sample made) and read for accuracy.

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