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Career Guidance Knowledge arts and humanities K023 - languages K0232 - literature and linguistics Typography
Description
The procedure of arranging written texts for printing processes.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 5 occupations
- Optional in 1 occupations
- Total: 6 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 7 (Craft and related trades workers)
Essential for
- ImagesetterImagesetters process images and graphic templates by using phototypesetting machines. They optimise the templates for the best possible result by determining the right arrangement …
- Prepress technicianPrepress technicians prepare printing processes by formatting, setting and composing text and graphics into a suitable form. This includes the capture of text and image and process…
- Desktop publisherDesktop publishers are responsible for the layout of publications. They use computer software to arrange texts, photographs and other materials in a pleasing and readable finished …
- Copy editorCopy editors ascertain that a text is agreeable to read. They ensure that a text adheres to the conventions of grammar and spelling. Copy editors read and revise materials…
- TypesetterTypesetters ensure that printed text is correctly set and visually pleasing. While typesetting was originally done manually and later employed techniques like linotype and phototyp…
Optional for
- Advertising copywriterAdvertising copywriters are responsible for the written or verbal design of advertisements and commercials. They write slogans, catchphrases, etc. Advertising copywriters work clos…
Related skills
- Apply desktop publishing techniques
- Proofread text
- Use word processing software
- Printing techniques
- Digitise documents
- Follow a brief
- Lay out digital written content
- Graphic design
- Apply grammar and spelling rules
- Prepress processes
- Follow work schedule
- Align content with form
Last updated on February 18, 2026
