TYPOGRAPHY Definition & Meaning

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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.

typography

/ taɪˈpɒɡrəfɪ; ˌtaɪpəˈɡræfɪkəl /

noun

the art, craft, or process of composing type and printing from it
the selection and planning of type for printed publications

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Derived Forms

ˌ�ٲ��ˈ��󾱳��, adverb
typographical, adjective

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of typography¹

1635–45; < New Latin typographia, equivalent to Greek ��ý�� ( s ) type + ��í�� -graphy

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“It’s a sort of revolution in thinking about what typography can be and how it can be put to use in a very productive way.”

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“We were typographers before we were printers,” Cary says, pointing to the hulking Intertype brand typography machine dating from the early 20th century that stands in one of the shop windows.

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Letters are letters, but for designers and typography fans, they matter a lot.

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Bobby’s really into typography and when he wrote out the words “The Hundreds,” he liked the way the letters looked and how it all lined up.

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Paperback The redo offers more color and more expressive typography, set against a backdrop of flowers that came from a website of commercial stock images.

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