Printing expression

Japanese: 印刷表現 - いんさつひょうげん
Printing expression

…Printing technology developed greatly with the invention of movable type printing, and the history of typography also began with that invention, so originally it referred to the technique of movable type printing and printed matter. In modern times, it has come to refer to printing techniques in general, including offset (lithographic) printing, silk screen (screen printing), and gravure (intaglio) printing, and the printed matter, and further to printed expressions that mainly contain characters. For a long time, characters were mainly made of lead type, but recently phototypesetters have been added, and a wide variety of typefaces, including handwritten characters, have appeared, enriching the expressions of typography. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "printed expression" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…印刷術は活字印刷術の発明により大きく発展したが,タイポグラフィーの歴史もその発明とともに始まったため,本来は活版術の技法と印刷物のことをいった。近代になりオフセット(平版)印刷,シルクスクリーン(孔版)印刷,グラビア(凹版)印刷を含めた印刷技術全般とその印刷物を指すようになり,さらにそのうち文字が主体になっているものの印刷表現を主にいうようになった。文字は鉛活字によるものが長い間主流であったが,最近は写真植字によるものが加わり,手書き文字などを含めて多種の書体が登場して,タイポグラフィーの表情を豊富なものにしてきた。…

※「印刷表現」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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