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microtypography

microtypography noun: typography on a word or character level.

Noun

microtypography (uncountable)

  1. Typography on a word or character level.
    • In the area of the typography, or to be more precise the microtypography – the details of how the signs and spaces relate – there was a chance to create something new.2005 April 28, Mark Thomson, “Microtypography, Designing the new Collins dictionaries”, in Typotheque, retrieved 26 Nov 2016
    • If you're not sure of how to use these, leave them until you have time to experiment; as your work becomes more refined, you will need to know how these microtypography defaults should be adjusted too. Do not use forced bold, italic, outline, […]2011, Michael Harkins, Basics Typography 02: Using Type, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN

Origin of microtypography

From micro- + typography.

Questions about microtypography

What does microtypography mean?
Microtypography means typography on a word or character level.
What part of speech is microtypography?
Microtypography is a noun.

Words near microtypography in the dictionary

  1. microturbulence
  2. microturbulences
  3. microturbulent
  4. microtypewriter
  5. microtypewriters
  6. microtypography
  7. microulceration
  8. microulcerations
  9. microultracentrifuge
  10. microultracentrifuges
  11. microunit

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