typography

[tahy-pog-ruh-fee]

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noun

the art or process of printing with type.

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

the general character or appearance of printed matter.

Origin of typography

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

Can be confusedtopography typography

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Related Words for typography

composition, typography, presswork

Examples from the Web for typography

Contemporary Examples of typography

In addition to their fascination with advertising, the designers of the 1950s and 60s were deeply interested in typography.
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Chloë Ashby
October 23, 2013
Though illiterate, Castle was drawn to the look and shapes of typography.
The Accidental Artist
Rachel Wolff
October 15, 2009

Historical Examples of typography

The purpose of this was merely to preserve uniformity in the typography of the book.
Flying Machines
W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
This volume is a perfect luxury to the eye, in its typography and embellishments.
Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848
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Such an authority, he holds, would be furnished by a school of typography.
The Booklover and His Books
Harry Lyman Koopman
Let us begin with an example outside the field of typography.
The Booklover and His Books
Harry Lyman Koopman
What, therefore, shall be the typography of books that we love, that we know by heart?
The Booklover and His Books
Harry Lyman Koopman

British Dictionary definitions for typography

typography

noun

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

the selection and planning of type for printed publications

Derived Formstypographical (ˌtaɪpəˈɡræfɪkəl) or typographic, adjectivetypographically, adverb

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Word Origin and History for typography

1640s, from French typographie, from Medieval Latin typographia, from Greek typos (see type (n.)) + -grapheia "writing," from graphein "to write" (see -graphy).