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Record 1 1998-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Typography
  • Typesetting and Imagesetting
DEF

A person who designs, selects, and arranges type without necessarily setting the type himself.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Typographie (Caractères)
  • Composition (Imprimerie)
DEF

Concepteur graphiste, plus précisément spécialisé dans la mise en page à forte densité de textes.

OBS

Le typographe compose parfois le texte lui-même d'où le nom compositeur-typographe.

Spanish

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