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Typography vs Typomaniac - What's the difference?

typography | typomaniac |

As nouns the difference between typography and typomaniac

is that typography is the art or practice of setting and arranging type; typesetting while typomaniac is a person who is obsessed with typography, or more generally with the business of printing and publishing.

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

    *

    typomaniac

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who is obsessed with typography, or more generally with the business of printing and publishing
  • *{{quote-book, 2006, Neil Macmillan, An A-Z of Type Designers citation
    • , passage=In 1973 he moved to London, where he worked with design companies, taught at the London College of Printing and became a popular figure amongst the city's typomaniacs .}}

    Related terms

    *typomania *bibliomaniac