ty·po·graph·ic | \ ˌtī-pə-ˈgra-fik 
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or typographical \ ˌtī-pə-ˈgra-fi-kəl \
\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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typographically \ ˌtī-pə-ˈgra-fi-k(ə-)lē \ adverb
\ adverbExamples of typographic in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web When voters began writing on ballots and swapping out names, political parties resorted to more typographic antics to foil them.
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Anne Quito, Quartz, "Why it’s so hard to fix America’s poorly-designed election ballot," 20 Oct. 2020 Before his death, Glaser was brewing a typographic tonic for the melancholy and estrangement the pandemic has brought.
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Anne Quito, Quartz at Work, "Milton Glaser’s brilliant last year," 8 July 2020 All caps is a typographic way of conveying the same set of cues.
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Gretchen Mcculloch, WIRED, "The Meaning of All Caps—in Texting and in Life," 23 July 2019 Over the course of filming, Seibold created all sorts of typographic materials for Riley.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, "Publishing the Best of the Desert: An Interview With Ken Layne," 25 Apr. 2018
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