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TYPOGRAPHY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The craft of composing type and printing from it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("typography" is a kind of...):
craft; trade (the skilled practice of a practical occupation)
Derivation:
typographer (one who sets written material into type)
typographic; typographical (relating to or occurring or used in typography)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Art and technique of printing with movable type
Synonyms:
composition; typography
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("typography" is a kind of...):
printing; printing process (reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication)
Derivation:
typographer (one who sets written material into type)
typographic; typographical (relating to or occurring or used in typography)
