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In the broadest sense, typography is the design and use of typefaces as a means of visual communication from calligraphy to the ever-developing use of digital type.

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.

Explore all the areas of typography important to using and understanding type including the history of typograpy, practical typography tutorials, and creative typography explorations.
Typography Information - General and Specific Typography Information at About Desktop Publishing
The About Desktop Publishing site offers both general and specific typography information for designers and the general public.Explore definitions, tutorials on using type, type design, troubleshooting font problems, and how to do typography or text composition.
What is Typography?
Learn what typography means today, especially typography used in connection with desktop publishing.
What is the Best Way to Choose or Mix and Match Fonts?
These guidelines for choosing fonts won't always work for you, but nine times out of ten they'll give you the typography results you want with the least amount of trial and error.
Composing Type
Typography includes text composition or the arrangement of type on the page. These are the tasks involved in text composition.
Exploring Found Typography
While you might not have access to a hand-fed letterpress or be enrolled in a graphic design and typography class, anyone could try the typography exploration exercises described by Brian P. Lawler in this creativepro.com article.
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