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logotype

American  
[law-guh-tahyp, log-uh-] / ˈlɔ gəˌtaɪp, ˈlɒg ə- /

noun

  1. Also called logo.  a single piece of type bearing two or more uncombined letters, a syllable, or a word.

  2. logo.


logotype British  
/ ˈlɒɡəʊˌtaɪp /

noun

  1. printing a piece of type with several uncombined characters cast on it

  2. Also called: logo.  a trademark, company emblem, or similar device

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • logotypy noun

Etymology

Origin of logotype

First recorded in 1810–20; logo- + type

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The company leading the experiment, Neberdine Pharmaceutical Biotech, has a logo inspired by Paul Rand’s logotype for I.B.M., its typography dotting the eyes with inviting soft surrealism.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 21, 2018

Brian McMullen, who designed the Lucky Peach logotype, was the magazine’s first art director, producing its first three issues.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2017

At the Los Angeles Times, the women's section logotype has metamorphosed from "Women" to "Family" to "Part IV" to its present "View."

From Time Magazine Archive

ABC's logotype for the Sarajevo Games is more than just clever corporate iconography; it symbolizes the union between television and the Olympics, a continuing love affair between technology and the athletes it covers.

From Time Magazine Archive

The morphotype, or form-print, must hereafter take its place by the side of the logotype, or word-print.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859 by Various