Home › Words › T › typographtypographtypograph means A machine for setting type or for casting lines of type and setting them.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, typograph ranks #16,750 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom type + -o- + -graph.nounA machine for setting type or for casting lines of type and setting them.verbTo prepare type in such a machine.e.g.“It is the merest chance in the world whether you’re born a countess or a washerwoman. I’m neither one nor t’other; I’m only a mot who does a little typographing by way of variety.” — 1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.phototypesetter 68% match — A machine used in phototypesetting. vs typograph →linotype 68% match — A form of typesetting machine in which a complete line of characters is set at once. vs typograph →typesetter 67% match — A person who sets type; an employee in a printshop who manually selected pieces of movable type and assembled them for printing. vs typograph →typography 66% match — The art or practice of setting and arranging type; typesetting. vs typograph →varitype 65% match — A kind of advanced typewriter that could use various different typefaces. vs typograph →stereotypography 65% match — The act or technique of printing from stereotype plates. vs typograph →phototypography 64% match — A photomechanical method of printing made to resemble traditional metal typography vs typograph →photosetter 64% match — A photocomposer; a machine for photosetting. vs typograph →