What is another word for Charactery?

Pronunciation: [kˈaɹɪktəɹi] (IPA)

Charactery is generally used to refer to the symbols, letters or characters used to represent language. However, in writing, it is important to have synonyms for certain words to avoid repetition. Some possible synonyms for charactery include writing, script, typography, calligraphy, handwriting, printing, lettering, glyphs, symbols, and font. Writing and script are general terms that cover any kind of written language, while typography and calligraphy refer to particular styles or techniques of writing. Handwriting and printing are both specific ways of forming letters, while lettering and glyphs are more focused on individual symbols. Symbols and font refer specifically to the shapes and styles of characters used in communication.

What are the hypernyms for Charactery?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Charactery

Lawns, flower-borders, and stiff box Charactery sparkled and shone in the hot sunshine.
"Anthony Lyveden"
Dornford Yates
When I have fears that I may cease to be Before my pen has glean'd my teeming brain, Before high piled Books in Charactery, Hold like rich garners the full ripen'd grain- When I behold, upon the night's starr'd face, Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance, And think that I may never live to trace Their shadows, with the magic hand of chance; And when I feel, fair creature of an hour, That I shall never look upon thee more, Never have relish in the faery power Of unreflecting Love;-then on the shore Of the wide world I stand alone, and think Till Love and Fame to nothingness do sink.
"Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends"
John Keats
History makes use of me to weave her web To her long while aforetime-figured mesh And contemplated Charactery: no more.
"The Dynasts An Epic-Drama Of The War With Napoleon, In Three Parts, Nineteen Acts, And One Hundred And Thirty Scenes"
Thomas Hardy

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