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[syn: typography, composition]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Typography \Ty*pog"ra*phy\, n. [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.
[1913 Webster]
2. The art of printing with types; the use of types to
produce impressions on paper, vellum, etc.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
typography
n 1: the craft of composing type and printing from it
2: art and technique of printing with movable type [syn:
typography, composition]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
typography
Arranging the characters in a peice of text to make
it readable and appealing when displayed. Typography involves
selecting typefaces, point sizes, line lengths, line
spacing, letter spacing and kerning.
Type design concerns the appearance of individual characters.
[Wikipedia].
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