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本組み (ほんぐみ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

本ほん組ぐみ

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Meanings

1

noun

page makeup; layout

Technical term in printing and publishing for the arrangement of text and graphics on a page.

本ほん組ぐみの作さ業ぎょうはDTPソフトで行おこないます。
Page makeup work is done with DTP software.

Kanji

本book, present, main
組association, braid, plait

Similar words

組くみ版はん
組版 is a broader term for typesetting and composition, while 本組み specifically refers to the final page layout stage.

Etymology

Compound of 本 (hon, 'book' or 'main') and 組み (gumi, 'composition, assembly'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is conventionally associated with the final page layout in printing.