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Typography (performed by a typographer) is the art of creatively arranging letterforms on a page to be printed, usually using a recognised typeface, in order to achieve a combination of both aesthetic and functional goals.
While the term orthography usually refers to correct writing in general, typography includes:
The term typography has broadened to include arranging text on the computer screen. When an overall layout specification has to handle a range of actual content – whether on screen or not – the term more often used is information design.
Note that type design is generally considered a separate activity from typography, although it can be considered a branch thereof.
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Typography is directing a message.
Günter Gerhard Lange, found on typolis.de
Only who knows the rules can break them when
necessary.
found on typolis.de
Anyone meaning to be an expert at types, because he could
read it, is quite fine mistaken.
Jan Tschichold, found on typolis.de
The whole is more than the addition of its parts.
Laotse, found on typolis.de
For design, the unprinted area is more important than the
printed.
Joachim Opfer, found on typolis.de
Good typography explains the content, not the
designer.
Kurt Weidemann, found on typolis.de
In all arts the believe in counting and measuring leeds to
the greatest mistakes.
Paul Renner, found on typolis.de
Also the printed looks either good or bad, anyhow it always
looks like somehow; and just this look marks its aesthetic
value.
Paul Renner, found on typolis.de
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