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typography

Art of arranging type

Instance of: form of art
, craft
Subclass of: economic activity
, artistic activity
, crafting
Part of: graphic design

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Typography is the art and technique of arranging type to make written language legible and readable when displayed. The arrangement of type involves selecting typefaces, point sizes, line lengths, line spacing, letter spacing, and spaces between pairs of letters. The term typography is also applied to the style, arrangement, and appearance of the letters, numbers, and symbols created by the process. Type design is a closely related craft, sometimes considered part of typography; most typographers do not design typefaces, and some type designers do not consider themselves typographers. Typography also may be used as an ornamental and decorative device, unrelated to the communication of information.

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Practiced by: typographer
Uses: letter spacing
ligature
text formatting
Members / parts: character
typesetting

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