The art and technique of selecting and arranging type styles, point sizes, line lengths, line spacing, character spacing, and word spacing for typeset applications
is defined as 'the design, or selection of letter forms to be organized into words and sentences, to be disposed in blocks of type as printing upon a page' The two primary functions of typography are the presentation of text in a manner that is not only easy to read but also visually engaging The latter function of typography may be expressed in two ways: through color and the atmosphere or feel of the printed material Other typographic issues that a typographer involved with the traditional printing press might be interested in, are paper selection, ink choice, and the printing method
The font options, resources, skills and textual works that are associated with publishing, including ": online publishing", ie the creation of web pages
Typography is the way in which written material is arranged and prepared for printing. Design or selection of letter forms to be organized into words and sentences and printed or displayed electronically. Typography originated after the invention of printing from movable type in the mid 15th century. The three major type families in the history of Western printing are roman, italic, and black letter (Gothic). All had their origin in the scripts of the calligraphers whose work was ultimately replaced by printing. In the succeeding centuries typographers have created some 10,000 typefaces (a complete set of letter forms of a particular design). Depending on the style of their letters, typefaces are categorized as old style, transitional, and modern. Commonly used typefaces include Caslon, Baskerville, Bodoni, Garamond, and Times New Roman. See also John Baskerville; Giambattista Bodoni; Stanley Morison. The selection of a typeface is an important part of the aesthetic process in graphic design
The design and use of typefaces as a means of visual communication from calligraphy to the ever-developing use of digital type Typography encompasses many separate fields from the type designer who creates letterforms to the graphic designer who selects typefaces and arranges them on the page http: //desktoppub about com/library/glossary/bldef-typography htm?terms=definition+of+typography