What is an inksetter?


CMWTK

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It is a person who sets ink.

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You don't say.

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Also known as a typesetter, this person compiled the metal letters, pieces of type, that made up the words of the story, which were placed into slots of a board, and the ink rolled against this page, thus creating the newsprint of the newspaper.

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For other curious minds that come along: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typesetting

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You could have Googled the very same thing in the same amount of time it took to type it on here.

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