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ty·pog·ra·phy
/ tīˈpägrəfē/
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n.
the art or process of setting and arranging types and printing from them.
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the style and appearance of printed matter.
DERIVATIVES:
ty·pog·ra·pher
/ -fər/ n.
ty·po·graph·ic
/ ˌtīpəˈgrafik/ adj.
ty·po·graph·i·cal
/ ˌtīpəˈgrafikəl/ adj.
ty·po·graph·i·cal·ly
/ ˌtīpəˈgrafik(ə)lē/ adv.
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A typography of impoverishment: D.C. McMurtrie's reception of European modernist typography and an American economic depression
Magazine article from: Visible Language; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...s Reception of European Modernist Typography and an American Economic Depression...addressing the question of American modernist typography from the blind side as it were. One...the question: What was the temper of typography in light of an economic and social debacle...
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TYPOGRAPHY ON THE WEB.(Review) (book reviews)
Magazine article from: Technical Communication; 5/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...keeping ourselves educated on the rules of typography (if there are indeed actual rules...now begin the serious consideration of typography as it pertains to Web publications...development, I thought that reading Typography on the Web would probably be as good...
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Great Web Typography.(Book Reviews)
Magazine article from: Technical Communication; 8/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; Great Web Typography Wendy Peck. 2003. Indianapolis...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Great Web typography is a book that anyone but the most...advance. A rank beginner in either typography or Web site building would probably...
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TYPOGRAPHY: Fashion types.
Magazine article from: Design Week; 12/8/2005; 700+ words
; Typography is affected by the wider culture, including...their response to the question: Is typography simply a matter of fashion? Here is...There is often a fashion cycle with typography, and there are brands that capitalise...
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Typography: Behind the Arabetic Calligraphy Veil
Magazine article from: Visible Language; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...tradition prevents what he calls Arabetic typography from embracing an appropriate technological...throughout the essay INTRODUCTION Arabetic typography is clearly a subject still surrounded...driven by global technology, Arabetic typography and computing have much less opportunity...
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Typography Papers 6.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 6/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; Paul Stiff, ed. Typography Papers 6. London: Hyphen Press...0-907259-29-4. The title of Typography Papers is misleading, since its interests range far beyond the worlds of typography and type design to encompass letterforms...
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Online type tips: how the pros create great web typography
Magazine article from: Step Inside Design; 5/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; WEBSITES ARE DEPENDENT ON GOOD TYPOGRAPHY-MORE DEPENDENT THAN PRINT. TRADITIONAL...WITH MINIMAL DESIGN AND MARGINAL TYPOGRAPHY STILL GET READ. WE READ THEM BECAUSE...NEXT WITH THE GREATEST OF EASE. Typography is fundamental to making this happen...
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The rhetoric of typography: The persona of typeface and text. (Applied Research).
Magazine article from: Technical Communication; 5/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...1997). Visual rhetoric and typography As visual communication becomes...been conducted on the role of typography as part of that rhetoric. In...discussions of visual communication, typography has been largely ignored. As...
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TYPOGRAPHY: Urban impact.
Magazine article from: Design Week; 11/29/2007; 700+ words
; When creating typography for crowded urban environments, is...world. The old dictum of invisible typography casts a long shadow. From that first...Beach, despite the crudeness of the typography, made me smile. Visual pollutant...
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The rhetoric of typography: effects on reading time, reading comprehension, and perceptions of ethos.(Applied Research)
Magazine article from: Technical Communication; 2/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; SUMMARY * Asserts that typography has not occupied a significant role...technical communication, discussions of typography have largely been left behind...models of visual communication, typography occupies an infinitesimal portion...
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typography
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
typography , the art of printing from movable type...composition. Before the development of typography, related arts flourished for centuries...A highly conservative art, modern typography adheres closely to tradition. Since...
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private press
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
...with the emphasis on high quality of typography, illustration, binding, and other...the model for a revival of interest in typography and book production around 1900 (the...presses Morris inspired, some emphasizing typography and layout to the exclusion of illustration...
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type
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...American Matthew Carter. See also typography . Bibliography: See F. W. Goudy...Baines and A. Haslam, Type and Typography (2002); M. Bierut, Seventy-nine...2007). See also bibliography under typography.
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Dodge Brothers
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...then in 1892 moved to the Dominion Typography Company across the river in Windsor...Failures and Successes The Dominion Typography Company was not suited to the manufacture...In 1896, when the failing Canadian typography company was listed for sale," writes...
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Edward Estlin Cummings
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...punctuation (e e cummings); this was part of his concern for the typography, syntax, and visual form of his poetry. He worked in the...force the reader to participate in the poems, and his private typography, although originally expressive and amusing, became somewhat...
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