typography
The art or practice of setting and arranging typeThe art or practice of setting and arranging type; typesetting.
» Typography is the discipline of using type to set texts into a form that is pleasant to read.
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable, usually)The art or practice of setting and arranging type; typesetting.
Typographie
книгопеча́таниеknigopečátanije, типогра́фикаtipográfika
типографіяtypohrafija
art and technique of printing with movable type
(uncountable, usually)The practice or process of printing with type.
the craft of composing type and printing from it
(uncountable, usually)The appearance and style of typeset matter.
Examples
2 sentencesTypography is the discipline of using type to set texts into a form that is pleasant to read.
That kinetic typography video you made was awesome, Jim!
Translations
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Origin
From French typographie from Medieval Latin typographia from Ancient Greek τυπογράφος (tupFrom French typographie from Medieval Latin typographia from Ancient Greek τυπογράφος (tupográphos, “certified copy”) + -ίᾱ (-íā).
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Forms
plural: typographies| Singular | typography |
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uncountable
Synonyms
1 synonyms- art and technique of printing with movable type:composition
Word family
16 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable