ty·pog·ra·pher \tīˈpägrəfə(r) sometimes tə̇p-\noun (-s) Etymology: Medieval Latin typographus printer (from Greek typos impression, cast + -graphos writer) + English -er — more at type, -grapher 1.: compositor, typesetter < newspaper typographers > 2.: printer < printed in foreign countries by foreign typographers — André Morize > 3.: a designer who specializes in the choice and arrangement of type matter