From the Great Soviet Encyclopedia: ... Graphia (from the Greek. Grapho - I write, draw, draw), part of the complex words meaning: 1) the name of the science that studies, describes the subject indicated in the first part of the word. 2) the name of the graphic method for reproducing something by recording, drawing, drawing, printing (for example, calligraphy, stenography, lithography), as well as enterprises in which such methods are used (for example, printing house).