Typography — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the craft of composing type and printing from it

art and technique of printing with movable type

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/taɪpˈɑːɡɹəfi/

🇬🇧British English

/taɪpˈɒɡɹəfi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/taɪpˈɒɡɹəfi/

4 syllables Say it as /taɪpˈɑːɡɹəfi/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

composition

Word Forms

typographical	adjective	relating to or occurring or used in typography
typographic	adjective	relating to or occurring or used in typography
typographer	noun	one who sets written material into type

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Typografie

das Handwerk, Schriften zu komponieren und daraus zu drucken

🇫🇷French

typographie

le métier de composer des caractères et de les imprimer

🇪🇸Spanish

tipografía

el oficio de componer tipos e imprimirlos

🇮🇹Italian

tipografia

l'arte di comporre caratteri e stamparli

🇳🇱Dutch

typografie

het ambacht van het samenstellen van letters en het afdrukken ervan

🇵🇹Portuguese

tipografia

a arte de compor tipos e imprimir a partir deles

🇷🇺Russian

типографика

ремесло набора шрифта и печать с него

India

🇮🇳Hindi

टाइपोग्राफी

रचना प्रकार और उससे मुद्रण की कला

🇧🇩Bengali

টাইপোগ্রাফি

এটি থেকে কম্পোজিং টাইপ এবং মুদ্রণের নৈপুণ্য

🇮🇳Tamil

அச்சுக்கலை

இயற்றும் வகை மற்றும் அதிலிருந்து அச்சிடுவதற்கான கைவினை

🇮🇳Telugu

టైపోగ్రఫీ

కంపోజింగ్ రకం మరియు దాని నుండి ప్రింటింగ్ యొక్క క్రాఫ్ట్

🇮🇳Marathi

टायपोग्राफी

कंपोझिंग प्रकार आणि त्यातून छपाईची कला

🇮🇳Gujarati

ટાઇપોગ્રાફી

કંપોઝિંગ પ્રકાર અને તેમાંથી છાપવાની હસ્તકલા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮುದ್ರಣಕಲೆ

ಸಂಯೋಜನೆಯ ಪ್ರಕಾರ ಮತ್ತು ಅದರಿಂದ ಮುದ್ರಿಸುವ ಕರಕುಶಲತೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ടൈപ്പോഗ്രാഫി

രചിക്കുന്ന തരത്തിൻ്റെയും അതിൽ നിന്ന് അച്ചടിക്കുന്നതിൻ്റെയും ക്രാഫ്റ്റ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਟਾਈਪੋਗ੍ਰਾਫੀ

ਰਚਨਾ ਦੀ ਕਿਸਮ ਅਤੇ ਇਸ ਤੋਂ ਛਪਾਈ ਦੀ ਕਲਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

نوع ٹائپ

کمپوزنگ ٹائپ اور اس سے پرنٹنگ کا ہنر

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

版式

排版和印刷工艺

🇯🇵Japanese

タイポグラフィ

活字を作成し、それを印刷する技術

🇰🇷Korean

타이포그래피

활자를 작성하고 이를 인쇄하는 기술

🇻🇳Vietnamese

kiểu chữ

nghề soạn thảo và in ấn từ nó

🇹🇭Thai

การพิมพ์

ฝีมือการแต่งเพลงและการพิมพ์จากมัน

🇮🇩Indonesian

tipografi

kerajinan menyusun jenis dan mencetak darinya

🇲🇾Malay

tipografi

kraf jenis mengarang dan mencetak daripadanya

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الطباعة

حرفة تأليف الخط والطباعة منه

🇮🇷Persian

تایپوگرافی

هنر انشاء نوع و چاپ از آن

🇹🇷Turkish

tipografi

yazı tipi oluşturma ve ondan baskı yapma sanatı

🇮🇱Hebrew

טיפוגרפיה

מלאכת חיבור הכתב וההדפסה ממנו

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