Meanings
nountypography (usually uncountable, plural typographies)
plural typographies
- uncountableusuallyThe art or practice of setting and arranging type; typesetting.
- uncountableusuallyThe practice or process of printing with type.
- uncountableusuallyThe appearance and style of typeset matter.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Ancient Greekτυπογράφος“certified copy”
- Frenchtypographie
- Englishtypography
From French typographie from Medieval Latin typographia from Ancient Greek τυπογράφος (tupográphos, “certified copy”) + -ίᾱ (-íā). By surface analysis, type + -o- + -graphy.
More words from French, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic طِبَاعَة, طِبَاعَة الْحَرْفِ
- طِبَاعَة (ṭibāʕa)art and technique
- طِبَاعَة الْحَرْفِart and technique
Basque tipografia
- tipografiaart and technique
Bulgarian типография
- типография (tipografija)art and technique
Catalan tipografia
- tipografiaart and technique
Chinese Mandarin 排版, 排印
- 排版 (páibǎn)art and technique
- 排印 (páiyìn)art and technique
- 字體排印 /字体排印 (zìtǐpáiyìn)art and technique
Czech typografie
- typografieart and technique
Danish typografi
- typografiart and technique
Dutch typografie
- typografieart and technique
Esperanto tipografio
- tipografioart and technique
Estonian tüpograafia
- tüpograafiaart and technique
Finnish typografia
- typografiaart and technique
French typographie
- typographieart and technique
German Typographie
- Typographieart and technique
Greek τυπογραφία
- τυπογραφία (typografía)art and technique
Hebrew טיפוגרפיה, טיפוגרפיקה
- טיפוגרפיה (tipográfia)art and technique
- טיפוגרפיקהart and technique
Hindi अक्षर कला
- अक्षर कला (akṣar kalā)art and technique
Hungarian tipográfia
- tipográfiaart and technique
Icelandic leturfræði, týpógrafía
- leturfræðiart and technique
- týpógrafíaart and technique
Indonesian tipografi
- tipografiart and technique
Irish clóghrafaíocht
- clóghrafaíochtart and technique
Italian tipografia
- tipografiaart and technique
Japanese タイポグラフィ, タイポグラフィー
- タイポグラフィ (taipogurafi)art and technique
- タイポグラフィー (taipogurafī)art and technique
Korean 타이포그래피, 타이포그라피
- 타이포그래피 (taipogeuraepi)art and technique
- 타이포그라피 (taipogeurapi)art and technique
Latvian tipogrāfija
- tipogrāfijaart and technique
Lithuanian tipografija
- tipografijaart and technique
Malay tipografi
- tipografiart and technique
Māori tuhi rerehua
- tuhi rerehuaart and technique
Norwegian Bokmål typografi
- typografiart and technique
Persian تایپوگرافی
- تایپوگرافی (tipografî)art and technique
Polish typografia
- typografiaart and technique
Portuguese tipografia
- tipografiaart and technique
Romanian tipografie, tipar
- tipografieart and technique
- tiparart and technique
Russian книгопеча́тание, типогра́фика
- книгопеча́тание (knigopečátanije)art and technique
- типогра́фика (tipográfika)art and technique
Scottish Gaelic clò-ghrafachd
- clò-ghrafachdart and technique
Slovak typografia
- typografiaart and technique
Spanish tipografía
- tipografíaart and technique
Swedish typografi
- typografiart and technique
Tagalog palalimbitan
- palalimbitanart and technique
Thai การพิมพ์
- การพิมพ์ (gaan-pim)art and technique
Turkish tipografi
- tipografiart and technique
Ukrainian типографія
- типографія (typohrafija)art and technique
Vietnamese thuật in máy
- thuật in máyart and technique
Yiddish טיפּאָגראַפֿיע
- טיפּאָגראַפֿיע (tipografye)art and technique
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with typography
photographybiographygeographybibliographypornographyfilmographydiscographyautobiographychromatographycryptographytopographyradiographytomographyoceanographychoreographymammographycinematographyvideographycartographydemographyangiographylithographycrystallographyechocardiography
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
typography. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/typography
MLA
“typography.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/typography. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “typography,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/typography.
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