单词 | typography |
释义 | typography (once / 2308 pages) n Use the noun typography to describe the art of putting words into print. You might admire the typography of a concert poster that uses an elegant font, for example. When typography began, the process involved choosing the letters, arranging them, and printing with a press on paper. Today, almost anyone can practice typography by using a computer to design and print flyers, magazines, posters, and more. Don't confuse typography with its near-homonym, topography, which is a branch of Earth science. You'll recognize typography by the Greek typos, which means "dent or impression." WORD FAMILYtypography: typographer, typographic, typographical, typographies+/typographer: typographers/typographic: typographically USAGE EXAMPLESThey played with typography and page layout—a poem about a train might be shaped like one, for example. Slate(Dec 23, 2016) One thing I decided on right away was typography: to apply a typeface widely used in tabloid print. Slate(Dec 06, 2016) We chose typography that vaguely suggested scientific rigor and directly evoked fashionable modernism. The New Yorker(Sep 21, 2016) 1n the craft of composing type and printing from it Hyper craft, trade the skilled practice of a practical occupation 2n art and technique of printing with movable type Syn|Hyper composition printing, printing process reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication |
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