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presswork

[pres-wurk] / ˈprɛsˌwɜrk /
NOUN
printing
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NOUN
printing press
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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

Typography and presswork are of the highest order.

From Wholesale Price List of Newspapers and Periodicals by Agency, D. D. Cottrell's Subscription

Bradford had not been bred to it, and was very illiterate; and Keimer, though something of a scholar, was a mere compositor, knowing nothing of presswork.

From Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes by Clippinger, Erle Elsworth

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 closing this Foreword, the printer desires to emphasize the fact that the typesetting and presswork of this book are entirely his own work.

From The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 by Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith




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