computer type-setting

Japanese: computer type-setting(英語表記)computertypesetting
computer type-setting


[Computer typesetter]
In the case of Japanese texts, manual phototypesetters require the operator to search for the necessary characters on the glass dial and press the shutter lever one by one according to the manuscript, so the limit is a few hundred characters per hour. To increase the efficiency of this process, computer typesetting (abbreviated as CTS), which combines phototypesetters with computers, was developed and has made remarkable progress. It is also called computerized phototypesetter, and systems such as Photon and Supton are examples of this type.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "computer type-setting" is listed below.

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Japanese:


[電算植字機]
 日本文の場合,手動の写真植字機では,操作者が原稿に従っていちいちガラス文字盤から必要な文字を探してシャッターレバーを押すので,1時間に千数百字の印字が限度である。これを能率化するため,写真植字機とコンピューターとを組み合わせた電算植字法computer type‐setting(略称CTS)が開発され,目ざましい発展を遂げている。電算写植,コンピューター写植とも呼ばれ,フォトン,サプトンなどのシステムはこの一種である。…

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