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