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Typography

Typography is the creation, use, and admiration of type in all its forms.

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Definition: The design and use of typefaces as a means of visual communication from calligraphy to the ever-developing use of digital type is the broad use of the term typography. However, the art and practice of typography began with the invention of moveable type and the printing press. Typography is sometimes seen as encompassing many separate fields from the type designer who creates letterforms to the graphic designer who selects typefaces and arranges them on the page.
Also Known As: type design | typesetting
Common Misspellings: typegraphy, typeography
Examples: "The history of typography generally begins with Gutenberg and the development of moveable type, but it has its roots in handwritten letterforms -- whether transcribed with pen and ink or chiseled in stone -- for they are the basis of type designs." AND "Typography in graphic design involves the selection of appropriate typefaces and their arrangement on the page."

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