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Typography vs Lexigraphy - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between typography and lexigraphy

is that typography is the art or practice of setting and arranging type; typesetting while lexigraphy is (uncountable) the representation of words in writing.

typography

English

(wikipedia typography)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The art or practice of setting and arranging type; typesetting.
  • The practice or process of printing with type.
  • The appearance and style of typeset matter.

    • Derived terms

    * typographer * typographic * typographical

    Related terms

    * typesetting

    See also

    *

    lexigraphy

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (uncountable) The representation of words in writing.
  • * 1997 , Barry B. Powell and Ian Morris, A New Companion to Homer , page 5:
    • ‘Semasiography’ and ‘lexigraphy'’ are the two categories of writing, and logography is one type of ' lexigraphy .
  • * 2004 , Franck Salomon, The Cord Keepers: Khipus And Cultural Life In A Peruvian Village [http://books.google.com/books?id=COVXXp3xwuIC], ISBN 0822333902, page 28:
    • Without prejudice against Urton's argument that khipus are theoretically capable of lexigraphic reference such as logosyllabography, I have found that actual cord lexigraphy remains conjectural.
  • (countable) A system of writing in which there is a one-to-one correspondence between symbols and words.

    • Related terms

    * lexigraphic * lexigraphical * lexigraphically

    Coordinate terms

    * semasiography

    See also

    * lexicography