typesetter

person composing text for printing with a press
Intangible historical_profession Q4108101
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typesetter

Summary

typesetter is a historical profession[1]. typesetter draws 69 Wikipedia views per month (historical_profession category, ranking #81 of 153).[2]

Key Facts

  • typesetter's instance of is recorded as historical profession[3].
  • typesetter's instance of is recorded as position[4].
  • typesetter is a type of pre-press technicians[5].
  • typesetter is a type of typographer[6].
  • typesetter's Commons category is recorded as Typesetters[7].
  • typesetter's field of this occupation is recorded as typesetting[8].
  • typesetter's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Typesetters[9].
  • typesetter's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10].
  • typesetter's different from is recorded as maker-up[11].
  • typesetter's different from is recorded as newspaper printer[12].
  • typesetter's uses is recorded as type case[13].
  • typesetter's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'sazečka'}[14].
  • typesetter's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'верстальщица'}[15].
  • typesetter's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Schriftsetzerin'}[16].
  • typesetter's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'compositrice'}[17].
  • typesetter's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'tipografa'}[18].
  • typesetter's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'be-tarask', 'text': 'шыхтоўніца'}[19].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include historical profession[3] and position[4]. Recorded subclass of include pre-press technicians[5] and typographer[6].

Why It Matters

typesetter draws 69 Wikipedia views per month (historical_profession category, ranking #81 of 153).[2] typesetter has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] typesetter is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_typesetter_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{typesetter}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/typesetter}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from maker-up, newspaper printer
    Uses type case
    Subclass of pre-press technicians, typographer
    Instance of
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 21136, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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