A professional who operates one or variety of electrically powered typewriting machines equipped with changeable type fonts to typeset master copies, such as stencils, direct plates, photo-offsets, and tracings, for reproduction of copies having printed appearance. Responsibilities include:

• Plans layout of page elements (illustrations, headlines, and text) from rough draft or specifications, using knowledge of design.
• Pastes up preprinted type and reproduction proofs on master layout, using paste and brush.
• Determines size and style of type, horizontal and vertical spacing, and margins, using knowledge of typesetting.
• Calculates anticipated dimensions of photo-offset copy to be enlarged or reduced, using arithmetic percentages.
• Attaches fonts to type holder.
• Attaches gear to platen to control spacing between lines.
• Moves lever to control spacing between characters.
• Sets stops to control right margin.
• Changes style and size of type by pressing type-change key and turning font from reserve to typing position.
• May draw decorative or illustrative designs on copy.
• May lay out and rule forms and charts, using drafting tools.