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TEd Remington wrote: Note that composit means to place or put together. a type compositor definitely does that.
Ooooh, yes indeedy. In the days of hot type (was it really only twenty years ago?), you composed pages from their constituent galleys of type, plus lots of metal rules, space slugs and photolitho plates. All rather tame these days. And they call it paste-up and "anyone" can do it. Printing has clearly come to a sticky end!
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