typographic, a.
(taɪp-, tɪpəˈgræfɪk)
[ad. med.L. typographic-us (1540 in Corpus Reform. (1843) XI. 818), f. typographus typograph: see -ic. So F. typographique (1710 in Hatz.-Darm.), Pg. typographico, Sp. and It. tipografico.]
Of or pertaining to printing, typographical.
| 1778 Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry (1840) II. xxviii. 403 It was printed..in the infancy of the typographic art. 1794 T. J. Mathias Purs. Lit. (1798) 337 My only objection is to the typographick pomp and expence of a book on such a subject. 1840 De Quincey Style Wks. 1859 XI. 283 This typographic mystery..awoke and went back to sleep many times over from mere defect of materials. 1898 Blackw. Mag. Aug. 266/1 Typographic nudges and leers conveyed to the reader by capital letters, italics, dashes and asterisks. |