typographical

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   relating to typography, typesetting, or the appearance and arrangement of printed text

   The designer made several typographical changes to improve the page's readability.

2. 2
   adj

   caused during the setting, typing, or printing of text

   Typographical errors in the first edition were silently corrected.

Common collocations

• typographical error Adjective + noun

From New Latin typographicus + English -al, ultimately built from Ancient Greek typos ("mark, impression, type") and graphein ("to write"). The adjective covers both the design of type and errors introduced while setting or printing it.

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