typographer

American  

[tahy-pog-ruh-fer] / taɪˈpɒg rə fər /

noun

1. a person skilled or engaged in typography.

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typographer British  

/ taɪˈpɒɡrəfə /

noun

1. a person skilled in typography

2. another name for compositor

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Etymology

Origin of typographer

First recorded in 1635–45; typograph(y) + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Hailing from a dyed-in-the-wool Social Democratic family, she is the daughter of a typographer and a pre-school teacher.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

Frederiksen, raised by a typographer father and a mother who worked in daycare, joined youth politics to fight social inequality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

But the problem was that the Cornish countryside–based typographer who created Blooming Elegant trio didn’t know that Zazzle offered it, according to the lawsuit Laatz filed in a district court in Silicon Valley last August.

From Slate • Jan. 24, 2023

Back then, the personal computer revolution was just beginning, and typographer Vincent Connaire was working on new fonts.

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2021

This detail settled, the typographer is now instructed to proceed with the composition and to send proofs to the author.

From The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing by Hitchcock, Frederick H.