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

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)

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)

Do not buy cheap editions of fiction; the paper, presswork, and binding is poor, and is simply a waste of money.

From A Library Primer by Dana, John Cotton

Andrew Bradford had not been bred to the business of printing, and was very illiterate, and Keimer, though something of a scholar, was a mere compositor, and knew nothing of presswork.

From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell