filmsetter

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noun

A filmsetting machine.

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Meanings

nounfilmsetter (plural filmsetters)

plural filmsetters

  1. A filmsetting machine.

    With an accurate lay-out the bulk of the make-up can be done on the filmsetter.

    2007, John Lewis, Typography: Design and Practice, →ISBN, page 107
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    This provided an input speed that exceeded the capability of unscanned image filmsetters. Unscanned filmsetter devices use a moving matrix grid or a stationary character grid with electromechanical control of character selection for photographic recording.

    1978, Allen Kent, Harold Lancour, Jay E. Daily, Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, →ISBN

    The first thing to remember about a filmsetter is that it is a camera and that its function is to present language in all its beauty, variety and intricacy.

    1989, Allen Hutt, Bob James, Newspaper Design Today: A Manual for Professionals, page 24

Origin

From film + setter.

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APA

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MLA

“filmsetter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/filmsetter. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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