a. [ad. med.L. typographic-us (1540 in Corpus Reform. (1843), XI. 818), f. typographus TYPOGRAPH: see -IC. So F. typographique (1710 in Hatz.-Darm.), Pg. typographico, Sp. and It. tipografico.] Of or pertaining to printing, typographical.
1778. Warton, Hist. Eng. Poetry (1840), II. xxviii. 403. It was printed … in the infancy of the typographic art.
1794. Matthias, Purs. Lit. (1798), 337. My only objection is to the typographick pomp and expence of a book on such a subject.
1840. De Quincey, Style, Wks. 1859, XI. 283. This typographic mystery … awoke and went back to sleep many times over from mere defect of materials.
1898. Blackw. Mag., Aug., 266/1. Typographic nudges and leers conveyed to the reader by capital letters, italics, dashes and asterisks.
