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typography

[ tahy-pog-ruh-fee ]

noun

  1. the art or process of printing with type.
  2. the work of setting and arranging types and of printing from them.
  3. the general character or appearance of printed matter.


typography

/ taɪˈpɒɡrəfɪ; ˌtaɪpəˈɡræfɪkəl /

noun

  1. the art, craft, or process of composing type and printing from it
  2. the selection and planning of type for printed publications
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌtypoˈgraphically, adverb
  • typographical, adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of typography1

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

In addition to their fascination with advertising, the designers of the 1950s and 60s were deeply interested in typography.

I even try to vary the handwritten typography to reflect changing historical periods.

Danielewski uses experimental typography, elliptical descriptions, and color-coded parentheses.

Though illiterate, Castle was drawn to the look and shapes of typography.

This consisted chiefly of a fine collection of English typography, and the 784 lots occupied four days in the selling.

In listing titles and imprints I have sought to follow the typography and punctuation of the originals.

They didn't think that just because a man could write nonsense and use erratic typography, that that made him a poet.

Here, however, the picture is sober truth itself to what the inquiring reader finds in the typography.

It is without date, but the typography seems to be that of the seventeenth century.

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