presswork
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There are, for example, chapters about paper, typography and layout, typesetting and presswork, bindings, endpapers and dust jackets.
From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2020
Yet newspapers have improved in presswork, and the typesetting machines have removed the evil of worn type.
From The Booklover and His Books by Koopman, Harry Lyman
Stansby's presswork was uniformly good, and in this respect alone he may be ranked among the best printers of his time.
From A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898 by Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William)
In its paper, composition, presswork, illustrations, and binding—it is the perfection of beauty.
From Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey by Lloyd, John Uri
Some of the founts, especially the larger Roman, are very unevenly and badly cast, but on the whole the presswork was carefully done.
From A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898 by Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William)
