Graphic arts means all processes involved in visual design and staging of an artistic creation using various techniques (writing, typography, drawing , painting, engraving and printmaking , photography ...), this creation can be used only for artistic, industrial or commercial purposes (advertising, publishing, posters, magazines, etc.).

It is also the former name of the production chain of a product containing text and / or image, whose purpose is to print for distribution in number. It is more appropriate today to describe this chain of " printing industry ".

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