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Typography (cartography)

Typography, as an aspect of cartographic design, is the craft of designing and placing text on a map in support of the map symbols, together representing geographic features and their properties. It is also often called map labeling or lettering, but typography is more in line with the general usage of typography. Throughout the history of maps to the…

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Purposes and goals of map labels

Type styling

Placement

Digital text management

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Typography (cartography)

Nodes61
Edges60
Triples14
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.032787
Components1

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map label text labels features association feature used maps legibility guidelines line symbols type especially visual placement also typography hierarchy

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
the title.The development of Photoengravinginstance ofespecially in non-map elements0.80text
Zincographyinstance ofespecially in non-map elements0.80text
and wax engraving in the mid-19th Century significantly changed the production of mapsinstance ofespecially in non-map elements0.80text
their labelsinstance ofespecially in non-map elements0.80text
enabling the addition of printed type to maps using stampsinstance ofespecially in non-map elements0.80text
but map lettering still required a great deal of skillinstance ofespecially in non-map elements0.80text
national capitalsinstance ofand many cartographers use ALL CAPS to indicate larger features or special types0.80text
underlineinstance ofCommon decorations0.80text
strikeout are rarely usedinstance ofCommon decorations0.80text
but a halo or maskinstance ofCommon decorations0.80text
hiding the underlying features around a labelinstance ofCommon decorations0.80text
is often used to increase legibility where there are many features that cannot be avoidedinstance ofCommon decorations0.80text

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