Typesets

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To arrange and format text for printing, including adjusting size and layout
2. The act of creating a layout for pages in publishing using various fonts and styles
3. A collection of characters and symbols used in printing, specifically tailored for professional typesetting

Etymology: "Typesets" is the third-person singular present form of "typeset", meaning to arrange printed text. The verb is a compound of "type" and "set", and its meaning follows directly from those two parts. "Type" here refers to the metal or wooden blocks, each bearing a raised letter or symbol, that printers once arranged by hand to form lines and pages. To "set" type was to place those blocks in order in a composing stick, so "typeset" describes exactly that act of arrangement.

Synonyms: composes, arranges, formats