typography
playSimple Definition of typography
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: the work of producing printed pages from written material
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: 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
Origin and Etymology of typography
Medieval Latin typographia, from Greek typos impression, cast + -graphia -graphy — more at type
First Known Use: 1610
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