Typographer" redirects here. For the Typographer brand typewriter, see Typographer (typewriter).

Not to be confused with topography or typology (disambiguation). In philately "typography", especially in the case of 19th century stamps, refers to letterpress printing.[1] This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. This article needs additional citations for verification. (November 2012) This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. The specific problem is: broken quotes, quoted and unquoted material requiring sources, overly familiar and unencyclopedic prose (greatest problems are in the "Readability and Legibility" section). (November 2012)

technique of arranging type in order to make language visible. The arrangement of type involves the selection of typefaces, point size, line length, leading (line spacing), adjusting the spaces between groups of letters (tracking) and adjusting the space between pairs of letters (kerning). Type design is a closely related craft, which some consider distinct and others a part of typography; most typographers do not design typefaces, and some type designers do not consider themselves typographers.[2][3] In modern times, typography has been put into motionin film, television and online broadcaststo add emotion to mass communication.[4]

Specimen of Trajan typeface, based on the letterforms of capitalis monumentalis or Roman square capitals, as used for the inscription at the base of Trajan's Column from which the typeface takes its name

Typography is performed by typesetters, compositors, typographers, graphic designers, art directors, comic book artists, graffiti artists, clerical workers, and anyone else who arranges type for a product. Until the Digital Age, typography was a specialized occupation. Digitization opened up typography to new generations of visual designers and lay users, and David Jury states that "typography is now something everybody does."[5]

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Typography (from the Greek words (typos) = form and (graphe) = writing) is the art and technique of arranging type in order to make language visible. The arrangement of type involves the selection of typefaces, point size, line length, leading (line spacing), adjusting the spaces between groups of letters (tracking) and adjusting the space between pairs of letters (kerning). Type design is a closely related craft, which some consider distinct and others a part of typography; most typographers do not design typefaces, and some type designers do not consider themselves typographers.[2][3] In modern times, typography has been

unquoted material requiring sources, overly familiar and unencyclopedic prose (greatest problems are in the "Readability and Legibility" section). (November 2012) This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. The specific problem is: broken quotes, quoted and unquoted material requiring sources, overly familiar and unencyclopedic prose (greatest problems are in the "Readability and Legibility" section). (November 2012)

(kerning). Type design is a closely related craft, which some consider distinct and others a part of typography; most typographers do not design typefaces, and some type designers do not consider themselves typographers.[2][3] In modern times, typography has been put into motionin film, television and online broadcaststo add emotion to mass communication.[4] This article needs additional citations for verification. (November 2012)

put into motionin film, television and online broadcaststo add emotion to mass communication.[4] Typography is performed by typesetters, compositors, typographers, graphic designers, art directors, comic book artists, graffiti artists, clerical workers, and anyone else who arranges type for a product. Until the Digital Age, typography was a specialized occupation. Digitization opened up typography to new generations of visual designers and lay users, and David Jury states that "typography is now something everybody does."[5]

Typography is performed by typesetters, compositors, typographers, graphic designers, art directors, comic book artists, graffiti artists, clerical workers, and anyone else who arranges type for a product. Until the Digital Age, typography was a specialized occupation. Digitization opened up typography to new generations of visual designers and lay users, and David Jury states that "typography is now something everybody does."[5]

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Specimen of Trajan typeface, based on the letterforms of capitalis monumentalis or Roman square capitals, as used for the inscription at the base of Trajan's Column from which the typeface takes its name

Typographer" redirects here. For the Typographer brand typewriter, see Typographer (typewriter). Not to be confused with topography or typology (disambiguation). In philately "typography", especially in the case of 19th century stamps, refers to letterpress printing.[1] This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. This article needs additional citations for verification. (November 2012) Specimen of Trajan typeface, based on the letterforms of capitalis monumentalis or Roman square capitals, as used for the inscription at the base of Trajan's Column from which the typeface takes its name Typography (from the Greek words (typos) = form and (graphe) = writing) is the art and This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. The specific problem is: broken quotes, quoted and unquoted material requiring sources, overly familiar and unencyclopedic prose (greatest

Typography (from the Greek words (typos) = form and (graphe) = writing) is the art and technique of arranging type in order to make language visible. The arrangement of type involves the selection of typefaces, point size, line length, leading (line spacing), adjusting the spaces between groups of letters (tracking) and adjusting the space between pairs of letters

Typographer" redirects here. For the Typographer brand typewriter, see Typographer (typewriter). Not to be confused with topography or typology (disambiguation). In philately "typography", especially in the case of 19th century stamps, refers to letterpress printing.[1] This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. This article needs additional citations for verification. (November 2012)

problems are in the "Readability and Legibility" section). (November 2012)

typefaces, point size, line length, leading (line spacing), adjusting the spaces between groups of letters (tracking) and adjusting the space between pairs of letters (kerning). Type design is a closely related craft, which some consider distinct and others a part of typography; most typographers do not design typefaces, and some type designers do not consider themselves typographers.[2][3] In modern times, typography has been put into motionin film, television and online broadcaststo add emotion to mass communication.[4] This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. The specific problem is: broken quotes, quoted and unquoted material requiring sources, overly familiar and unencyclopedic prose (greatest problems are in the "Readability and Legibility" section). (November 2012)

most typographers do not design typefaces, and some type designers do not consider themselves typographers.[2][3] In modern times, typography has been put into motionin film, television and online broadcaststo add emotion to mass communication.[4] Typography is performed by typesetters, compositors, typographers, graphic designers, art directors, comic book artists, graffiti artists, clerical workers, and anyone else who arranges type for a product. Until the Digital Age, typography was a specialized occupation. Digitization opened up typography to new generations of visual designers and lay users, and David Jury states that "typography is now something everybody does."[5]

Typography is performed by typesetters, compositors, typographers, graphic designers, art directors, comic book artists, graffiti artists, clerical workers, and anyone else who arranges type for a product. Until the Digital Age, typography was a specialized occupation. Digitization opened up typography to new generations of visual designers and lay users, and David Jury states that "typography is now something everybody does."[5]

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Specimen of Trajan typeface, based on the letterforms of capitalis monumentalis or Roman square capitals, as used for the inscription at the base of Trajan's Column from which the typeface takes its name

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Typographer" redirects here. For the Typographer brand typewriter, see Typographer (typewriter). Not to be confused with topography or typology (disambiguation). In philately "typography", especially in the case of 19th century stamps, refers to letterpress printing.[1] This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. Specimen of Trajan typeface, based on the letterforms of capitalis monumentalis or Roman square capitals, as used for the inscription at the base of Trajan's Column from which the typeface takes its name Typography (from the Greek words (typos) = form and (graphe) = writing) is the art and technique of arranging type in order to make language visible. The arrangement of type involves the selection of

Typographer" redirects here. For the Typographer brand typewriter, see Typographer (typewriter). Not to be confused with topography or typology (disambiguation). In philately "typography", especially in the case of 19th century stamps, refers to letterpress printing.[1] This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. This article needs additional citations for verification. (November 2012) This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. The specific problem is: broken quotes, quoted and

Typography (from the Greek words (typos) = form and (graphe) = writing) is the art and technique of arranging type in order to make language visible. The arrangement of type involves the selection of typefaces, point size, line length, leading (line spacing), adjusting the spaces between groups of letters (tracking) and adjusting the space between pairs of letters (kerning). Type design is a closely related craft, which some consider distinct and others a part of typography;