The principle difference between lettering and typography is that typography is based on fonts, which are static letterforms, and letter shapes formed by lettering are fluid and malleable.
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Typography
/taɪˈpɒɡɹəfi/
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albertypebook printingchromotypographychromotypychromoxylographycollotypecolor printingelectronographyelectrostatic printinggraphic artsgravurehalftone engraving
Noun(3 words)
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history of printingjob printingletterpressletterpress photoengravingline engravinglithographylithogravurelithophotogravuremimeographoffsetoffset lithographyonsetpalaeotypographyphoto offsetphoto-offsetphotochemical processphotoengravingphotogelatin processphotographic reproduction
Noun(2 words)
letterform designlettering
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photographyphotolithographyphototypographyphototypyphotozincographyplanographic printingplanographyprintingprintmakingpublicationpublishingrelief printingrotary photogravurerotogravuresheetworkstencilthree-color printingtwo-color printingtypolithographywood-block printing
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Noun(11 words)
print designsymbol formattingtext stylingtype designtype styletypesetstypesettingtypographic designtypographic styletypography designtypography theory
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Typography is the discipline of using type to set texts into a form that is pleasant to read.
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That kinetic typography video you made was awesome, Jim!
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The invention of typography in the fifteenth century marked the beginning of a new civilization and the end of the medieval thousand years.
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