paste-up
Americannoun
noun
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an assembly of typeset matter, illustrations, etc, pasted on a sheet of paper or board and used as a guide or layout in the production of a publication
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a sheet of paper or board on which are pasted artwork, typeset matter, etc, for photographing prior to making a printing plate another name for camera-ready copy
Etymology
Origin of paste-up
First recorded in 1925–30; noun use of verb phrase paste up
Example Sentences
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This meticulous show tells its story via documentary photographs, letters, original paste-up materials and anecdotes filled with witticisms and insider gossip.
From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2023
A second section takes us back 20 years to JR’s first paste-up installations, documenting Les Bosquets, a notorious public housing complex in the Paris suburbs.
From Washington Post • Nov. 9, 2021
Guys at the layout tables, waxing text onto paste-up boards.
From Salon • Mar. 2, 2019
Even shoddy paste-up jobs with duplicated images and other slacker fakes have made their way to print and helped establish researchers’ careers.
From Slate • Oct. 5, 2018
The company which had sold the Chowgules the desk-top publishing equipment for the new newspaper had amazingly been able to convince the management that there was no need for paste-up artists.
From Behind the News: Voices from Goa's Press by Various
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