SINCE 1828
typographic
adjective
ty·po·graph·ic
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or typographical \ ˌtī-pə-ˈgra-fi-kəl
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Definition of typographic
: of, relating to, or occurring or used in typography or typeset matter
a typographic character a typographical error
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Other Words from typographic
typographically
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adverb
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Over the course of filming, Seibold created all sorts of typographic materials for Riley. — Eliza Brooke, Vox, "Sorry to Bother You," 12 Nov. 2018 Before Fluide, Giancarlo worked in design, creative strategy, and dabbled in typographic cake-making while Kraber worked in the start-up sphere and as a nutritionist. — Ludmila Leiva, Allure, "Meet Fluide, the Makeup Brand That Believes in the Power of Inclusion — Not Tokenism," 10 Sep. 2018 But no prior research found by Johnson, Bui, and Schmitt actually measured reader performance with each typographic scheme. — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, "Two spaces after period are better than one, except maybe they aren’t, study finds," 7 May 2018 Gold foil, gold paper and beautiful typographic embellishments. — Nikki Delamotte, cleveland.com, "Cleveland's Christine Wisnieski on designing for modern hot spots and institutions, from Trentina to Majestic Steel: PERSONA," 26 Apr. 2018 Desert Oracle #4, the UFO cover from 2015, has a UFO typographic symbol as the only cover art. — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, "Publishing the Best of the Desert: An Interview With Ken Layne," 25 Apr. 2018 The lower-case g actually comes in two typographic forms: The fish hook, a circle with a left facing curl beneath it, and the loop-tail, two closed, connected circles with a sort of rightward-facing tassel on the top one. — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, "Almost Nobody Can Write This Letter of the Alphabet Correctly," 4 Apr. 2018 The typographic glass company Tieton Mosaic started out in 2013, making big signs for the city of Tieton, Wash., under the nonprofit umbrella of Tieton Arts & Humanities. — Cate Mcquaid, BostonGlobe.com, "Art meets commerce at the BCA’s Mills Gallery," 7 Mar. 2018 The proposals ranged from small interventions, such as repurposed oil barrels, to large scale installations and community events, like typographic murals. — Rebecca Hazen, Houston Chronicle, "Art show about east end on exhibit," 12 Dec. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'typographic.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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