n. [ Auto- + typography. ] A process resembling “nature printing, ” by which drawings executed on gelatin are impressed into a soft metal plate, from which the printing is done as from copperplate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ectype + -graphy. ] A method of etching in which the design upon the plate is produced in relief.

n. [ Photo- + typography. ] Same as Phototypy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Stereo- + typography. ] The act or art of printing from stereotype plates. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Type + -graphy: cf. F. typographie. ] 1. The act or art of expressing by means of types or symbols; emblematical or hieroglyphic representation. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The art of printing with types; the use of types to produce impressions on paper, vellum, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]