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typesetting

composition of text by means of type, whether metal, photographic, or digital
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typesetting

Summary

typesetting ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (938 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • typesetting is a type of activity[2].
  • typesetting is a type of composition[3].
  • typesetting's Commons category is recorded as Typesetting[4].
  • typesetting's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Typesetting[5].
  • typesetting's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[6].
  • typesetting's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[7].
  • typesetting's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[8].
  • typesetting's different from is recorded as page layout[9].
  • typesetting's different from is recorded as text formatting[10].
  • typesetting's practiced by is recorded as typesetter[11].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include activity[2] and composition[3].

Why It Matters

typesetting ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (938 views/month).[1] typesetting has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] typesetting is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → activity, composition
    Topic's main category → Category:Typesetting
    Practiced by → typesetter
    Different from → page layout, text formatting
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 3832, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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