Editing Typography (section)

{{Short description|Art of arranging type}}
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{{Distinguish|Type design|Topography|Typology (disambiguation){{!}}Typology|Topology}}
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[[File:Trajan typeface specimen.svg|thumb|right|225px|A specimen sheet of the [[Trajan (typeface)|Trajan]] typeface, which is based on the letter forms of {{lang|la|capitalis monumentalis}} or [[Roman square capitals]] used for the inscription at the base of [[Trajan's Column]], from which the typeface takes its name]]
[[File:metal movable type.jpg|thumb|right|225px|[[Movable type]] being assembled on a [[composing stick]] using pieces that are stored in the [[type case]] shown below it]]

'''Typography''' is the art and technique of [[Typesetting|arranging type]] to make [[written language]] [[legibility|legible]], [[readability|readable]] and [[beauty|appealing]] when displayed. The arrangement of type involves selecting [[typeface]]s, [[Point (typography)|point sizes]], [[line length]]s, [[line spacing]], [[letter spacing]], and [[Kerning|spaces between pairs of letters]].{{sfn|Bringhurst|2004|p=32}} The term ''typography'' is also applied to the style, arrangement, and appearance of the letters, numbers, and symbols created by the process. [[Type design]] is a closely related craft, sometimes considered part of typography; most typographers do not design typefaces, and some type designers do not consider themselves typographers.<ref>{{Citation | last = Pipes | first = Alan | title = Production For Graphic Designers | edition = 2nd | publisher = [[Prentice Hall]] | year = 1997}}</ref><ref name="Berry, J 2004">{{cite web|last1=Berry|first1=John D.|title=dot-font: Being a Typographer |url=http://www.creativepro.com/article/dot-font-being-a-typographer |website= CreativePro |publisher= Creative Publishing Network and CreativePro |access-date=7 April 2015|date=16 August 2004}}</ref> Typography also may be used as an ornamental and decorative device, unrelated to the communication of information.

Typography is also the work of [[graphic designer]]s, [[art director]]s, [[manga artist]]s, [[comic book artists]], and, now, anyone who arranges words, letters, numbers, and symbols for publication, display, or distribution, from [[clerical worker]]s and newsletter writers to anyone self-publishing materials. Until the [[Digital Age]], typography was a specialized occupation. [[Personal computer]]s opened up typography to new generations of previously unrelated designers and lay users. As the capability to create typography has become ubiquitous, the application of principles and best practices developed over generations of skilled workers and professionals has diminished.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Koch |first1= Beth E |title=Emotion in Typographic Design: An Empirical Examination | journal=Visible Language |volume= 46 | number=3 | pages= 208–227 | year=2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Walker |first1= Sue | year=2014 | publisher= Routledge |title=Typography and language in everyday life: Prescriptions and practices | location = London, New York |isbn= 9780582357556 |orig-date=2001}}</ref>