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

The paper, composition, and presswork of the book are very poor.

From The Uses of Italic A Primer of Information Regarding the Origin and Uses of Italic Letters by Hamilton, Frederick W. (Frederick William)

It was a magnificently printed volume, exhibiting at the very foundation of the art a skill in presswork scarcely surpassed by any of Gutenberg's immediate successors.

From Printing and the Renaissance A paper read before the Fortnightly Club of Rochester, New York by Slater, John Rothwell

A copy of the play was sent on to Charles to enable him to prepare the presswork for it, and it was the first play manuscript he ever read.

From Charles Frohman: Manager and Man by Marcosson, Isaac Frederick

The pre-eminence of Jenson’s fount is indisputable, though he often did it injustice by his poor presswork.

From Fine Books by Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William)