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The art or practice of setting and arranging type; typesetting.
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The practice or process of printing with type.
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The appearance and style of typeset matter.
Examples of typography in a Sentence
Before the invention of typography, pages of books, or anything of a broadside nature, were printed from woodcuts, i.e.
Beginning scrapbookers often overlook the importance of typography, but creative font choices can easily add pizzazz to a simple layout.
I enjoyed designing the banner to reflect his use of tactile use of sensual materials and experimental typography.
In some ways HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) is the heir to the finer arts of calligraphy, illumination, typesetting, and later layout and typography.
The "markup" part comes from the art of typography, where magazine and book editors would "mark up" copy so that the typesetters would know what parts to make BOLD or italic or the like.
In typography Milan is renowned principally for its musical editions and for its heliotype and zincotype establishments.
For the nature and method of preparing these surfaces see respectively Engraving (and allied articles), Lithography and Typography.
These woodcuts, like the lithographic or engraved surface, served one definite purpose only, but in typography the types can be distributed and used again in other combinations.
Comments No, I don't think typography is dying.
See also the bibliography attached to the article TYPOGRAPHY.
This was largely due to the Tullis press, which produced about the beginning of the 19th century editions of Virgil, Horace and other classical writers, under the recension of Professor John Hunter of St Andrews, which were highly esteemed for the accuracy of their typography.
As typography - an architecture on the page, the poem remains deeply resonant for me.
The majority of our posters include display typography below, or occasionally above, the image.
And didn't they also have a great acronym that used great typography, including the signs for square root and the colon?
Punctuation was rejected, regular typography went out of the window, even recognizable verse forms were undermined.
It's both a stylish introduction and a compendium of the best in modern typography.
The grid was developed in line with typography styles.
In some sectors of the industry, good typography is on the incline rather than the decline.
Provides information that is of use but it's wrapped up in an uninspiring package with poor typography and awkward navigation.
Pearlfisher's design was reduced to a minimal logo, with clean blue typography designed to suit any home color scheme.
Pearlfisher 's design was reduced to a minimal logo, with clean blue typography designed to suit any home color scheme.
Comments No, I do n't think typography is dying.
It 's both a stylish introduction and a compendium of the best in modern typography.
Provides information that is of use but it 's wrapped up in an uninspiring package with poor typography and awkward navigation.
Fonts are important in the world of typography design and graphics design world.
Text design tends to be treated as a separate specialism for which typography skills and qualifications are a prerequisite.
He then added another to his many activities; he assumed a direct interest in typography.
Part One offers a history of digital typography and shows how it works.
Firstly, does anyone know of any good typography courses I could enroll on?
The typography of the book is quite largely composed by chance.
There are none of the scribbles, distortions, and virtually unreadable grunge fonts that sometimes wish to pass as clever modern typography.
Graphic designers often use creative typography to add interest to brochures, fliers, and other projects.
Some technical writing positions also require skills in illustration, typography, information design, or information architecture.
There are also a number of typography sites on the web for you to pore through in search of the perfect tattoo font.