TYPOGRAPHY

typography

(noun) the craft of composing type and printing from it

typography, composition

(noun) art and technique of printing with movable type

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

typography (usually uncountable, plural typographies)

The art or practice of setting and arranging type; typesetting.

The practice or process of printing with type.

The appearance and style of typeset matter.

Source: Wiktionary


Ty*pog"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Type + -graphy: cf. F. typographie.]

1. The act or art of expressing by means of types or symbols; emblematical or hieroglyphic representation. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

2. The art of printing with types; the use of types to produce impressions on paper, vellum, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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