typography

UK: /taɪˈpɒgrəfi/ US: /taɪˈpɑgrəfi/ ,(tī pog′rə fē)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

ty•pog•ra•phy /taɪˈpɑgrəfi/   n. [uncountable]

1. Printing the art or process of printing with type.
2. Printing the general character or appearance of printed matter.

ty•po•graph•i•cal, /ˌtaɪpəˈgræfɪkəl/  ty•po•graph•ic, adj. 
ty•po•graph•i•cal•ly, adv. -graph-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

ty•pog•ra•phy  (tī pog′rə fē), n. 

1. Printing the art or process of printing with type.
2. Printing the work of setting and arranging types and of printing from them.
3. Printing the general character or appearance of printed matter.

• Neo-Latin typographia, equivalent. to Greek týpo(s) type + graphía -graphy
• 1635–45

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

typography / taɪˈpɒɡrəfɪ/ noun

1. the art, craft, or process of composing type and printing from it
2. the selection and planning of type for printed publications

typographical / ˌtaɪpəˈɡræfɪk^əl/, ˌtypoˈgraphic adjective

ˌtypoˈgraphically adverb