different between typeface vs calligraphy
typeface
English
Alternative forms
- type face
Etymology
type +? face
Noun
typeface (plural typefaces)
- (typography) The particular design of some type, font, or a font family.
- (printing) The surface of type which inked, or the impression it makes.
Synonyms
- (typography) face
Translations
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calligraphy
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French calligraphie, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (kalligraphía, literally “pretty writing”), from ?????? (kállos, “beauty”) + ????? (gráph?, “to draw”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: k?-l?g'r?-fi, IPA(key): /k??l????fi/
Noun
calligraphy (countable and uncountable, plural calligraphies)
- (uncountable) The art or practice of writing letters and words in a decorative style; the letters and words so written.
- 1981, Wayne E. Begley, 2: The Symbolic Role of Calligraphy on Three Imperial Mosques of Sh?h Jah?n, Joanna Gottfried Williams (editor), Kal?dar?ana: American Studies in the Art of India, page 7,
- This paper will explore the role of calligraphy on three royal mosques built during the reign of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (1628-1658): […] .
- 1981, Wayne E. Begley, 2: The Symbolic Role of Calligraphy on Three Imperial Mosques of Sh?h Jah?n, Joanna Gottfried Williams (editor), Kal?dar?ana: American Studies in the Art of India, page 7,
- (countable) Any such style of decorative writing.
- (countable) A document written in decorative style.
- 2004, Diana J, Mukpo, Carolyn Rose Gimian (editors), Chogyam Trungpa, The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa, Volume 7, page 169,
- Only a small number of Trungpa Rinpoche's calligraphies have been reproduced heretofore, some in very limited editions.
- 2004, Diana J, Mukpo, Carolyn Rose Gimian (editors), Chogyam Trungpa, The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa, Volume 7, page 169,
Synonyms
- (art or practice of decorative writing): chirography, penmanship
Related terms
- calligrapher
- calligraphic
Translations
Further reading
- calligraphy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- graphically
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