typography
[ tahy-pog-ruh-fee ]
/ taɪˈpɒg rə fi /
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.
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typography
/ (taɪˈpɒɡrəfɪ) /
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
typography
1640s, from French typographie, from Medieval Latin typographia, from Greek typos (see type (n.)) + -grapheia "writing," from graphein "to write" (see -graphy).
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