Graphetics

//ɡɹæˈfɛ.tɪks// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A branch of linguistics concerned with the analysis of the physical properties of shapes used in writing. uncountable

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Etymology

By analogy with phonetics. By surface analysis, graphetic + -s.

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