Filmsetter

This provided an input speed that exceeded the capability of unscanned image filmsetters. Unscanned filmsetter devices use a moving matrix grid or a stationary character grid with electromechanical control of character selection for photographic recording.

The first thing to remember about a filmsetter is that it is a camera and that its function is to present language in all its beauty, variety and intricacy.

With an accurate lay-out the bulk of the make-up can be done on the filmsetter.