What is another word for colophon?

Pronunciation: [kˈɒlɒfən] (IPA)

Colophon typically refers to the brief note at the end of a book describing the production details. However, there are several synonyms for the word, including (but not limited to) imprint, mark, emblem, trademark, logo, signature, and insignia. These terms all reference a distinguishing symbol or identifier associated with a particular company, brand, or publication. While each synonym may have slight differences in connotation, they all ultimately represent a way to visually convey important information about a product or company. Whether you refer to it as a colophon, imprint, or emblem, the purpose remains the same: to provide an easily recognizable identifier for a particular entity.

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What are the hyponyms for Colophon?

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  • hyponyms for colophon (as nouns)

Usage examples for Colophon

As we have already noted, in many books no information of this kind is given, but when printers, or their proof readers or editors, took the trouble to write a colophon at all, they had no reason to confine themselves to the severe brevity and simplicity of statement which marks the modern titlepage.
"Fine Books"
Alfred W. Pollard
Like the colophon itself, this was printed as a token of the master's pride in his work and his desire that it might be recognized as his, and many printers' marks are very decorative and even beautiful.
"Fine Books"
Alfred W. Pollard
The work was finished at Florence on October 5, 1472. It is impossible to read a colophon such as this without feeling ourselves in the very atmosphere of the printing house, with the various members of the printer's family at work around us.
"Fine Books"
Alfred W. Pollard

Famous quotes with Colophon

  • It is worth remembering that every writer begins with a naively physical notion of what art is. A book for him or her is not an expression or a series of expressions, but literally a volume, a prism with six rectangular sides made of thin sheets of papers which should include a cover, an inside cover, an epigraph in italics, a preface, nine or ten parts with some verses at the beginning, a table of contents, an ex libris with an hourglass and a Latin phrase, a brief list of errata, some blank pages, a colophon and a publication notice: objects that are known to constitute the art of writing.
    Jorge Luis Borges

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