Typesetting

For information regarding typesetting look under this Yellow Pages® heading. Typesetting involves the presentation of textual material in graphic form on paper or some other medium. Before the advent of personal computers and desktop publishing, typesetting of printed material was done in print shops by compositors who worked by hand, and later with machines. The general principle of typesetting remains the same – the composition into lines to form body matter, headings, captions and other pieces of text to make up a page image, and the printing or transfer of the page image onto paper and other media.

Nowadays, typesetting is done with state-of-the-art technology – either by using Apple Macintosh Power PC’s or Pentium based computers and high quality printers. They use all the latest software in graphics such as Corel Draw, Photoshop, and others. Typesetters are experienced and qualified in using these softwares. Many can typeset in multiple languages and can arrange the work into all languages using the latest electronic typesetting equipment and a wide range of available fonts.

Typesetters and typesetting firms can also provide auxiliary services such as copyediting to provide a more in-depth process for achieving accuracy and consistency of the document. Experienced, industry-trained professional proofreaders will check for errors in spelling, punctuation, grammar and elements of typography and layout. The typesetter can then give the finished product to the client as a file or burned into an optical disk for printing at the client’s preferred printer. Modern typesetting firms also usually have high quality printers and are able to print in many formats so that clients won’t have to look too far for printing services. Some are even one stop shops that offer modern and traditional printing methods.