Use for methods of composing type in which characters are set by direct impression, as with typewriter composing machines.
AAT
3000233655
composition, direct impression
composition, strike-on
composition, typewriter
direct impression composition
impression composition, direct
setting, strike-on
strike-on setting
typewriter composition
14yrs ago
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