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typography

The origin and history of typography.

Etymology

It comes from French typographie, from Medieval Latin typographia, from Ancient Greek τυπογράφος (tupográphos, "certified copy") plus -ίᾱ (-íā). By surface analysis it is formed from type, -o-, and -graphy.

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