typography

Tweet

noun ty·pog·ra·phy \tī-ˈpä-grə-fē\

: the work of producing printed pages from written material

: the style, arrangement, or appearance of printed letters on a page

Full Definition of TYPOGRAPHY

1

:  letterpress printing

2

:  the style, arrangement, or appearance of typeset matter

From celebutante to chortle: 10 fun mashup words »

Origin of TYPOGRAPHY

Medieval Latin typographia, from Greek typos impression, cast + -graphia -graphy — more at type

First Known Use: 1610

Rhymes with TYPOGRAPHY

autography, cacography, cartography, chorography, chronography, cosmography, cryptography, demography, discography, ethnography, filmography, geography, holography, lithography, lymphography, mammography, mythography, nomography, orthography, phonography, photography, pictography, planography, pornography, reprography, sonography, stenography, thermography, tomography, topography, venography, xerography, xylography