typography

[ tahy-pog-ruh-fee ]
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noun
  1. the art or process of printing with type.

  2. the work of setting and arranging types and of printing from them.

  1. the general character or appearance of printed matter.

Origin of typography

1
1635–45; <New Latin typographia, equivalent to Greek týpo(s) type + graphía-graphy

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British Dictionary definitions for typography

typography

/ (taɪˈpɒɡrəfɪ) /


noun
  1. the art, craft, or process of composing type and printing from it

  2. the selection and planning of type for printed publications

Derived forms of typography

  • typographical (ˌtaɪpəˈɡræfɪkəl) or typographic, adjective
  • typographically, adverb

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