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typography

ty·pog·ra·phy [ tī póggrəfee ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. look of printed matter: the appearance of printed characters on the page

2. preparation of texts: the activity or business of preparing texts for printing

[Early 17th century. Via French< modern Latin typographia< Greek tupos "blow, impression"]

ty·pog·ra·pher noun
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