[f. Gr. ἔκτυπο-ς (see ECTYPE) + γραφία a writing.] (See quot.)
1870. Fairholt, Dict. Terms Art, s.v., A mode of etching by which the lines are raised on the plate instead of sunk in. Ibid., 179. [In ectypography] the lights are etched-in and the lines of the design left standing in relief, similar to the letters of type-founders.
