A signature mark, in traditional bookbinding, is a letter, number or combination of either or both, which is printed at the bottom of the first page, or leaf, of a section. (The section is itself often known as a "signature", although technically this usage is incorrect.)[citation needed] The aim is to ensure that the binder can order the pages and sections in the correct order. Often the letters of the Latin alphabet have been used. The practice has been overtaken by advances in printing technology, and signature marks are rarely found in modern books.[1]
See the bottom of the page: the signature mark "3" represents the number of the leaf.
Contemporary use of signature marks
A number of symbols traditionally used as binding signature marks were encoded in ISO 5426-2[2] and from there (to enable migration of data from the old standard) were transposed into Unicode.
0x32 REFERENCE MARK was re-encoded with U+203B※REFERENCE MARK
0x34 MALTESE CROSS, with U+2720✠MALTESE CROSS (✠, ✠)
Signature – Handwritten mark made as a proof of identity and intent
Seal (emblem) – Device for making an impression in wax or other medium
Signet ring – Ring bearing on its flat top surface the equivalent of a seal
References
^Matt T. Roberts and Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of books: A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology - signature mark
^1996, Information and documentation -- Extension of the Latin alphabet coded character set for bibliographic information interchange -- Part 2: Latin characters used in minor European languages and obsolete typography
^Michael S. Kaplan (10 January 2005). . Sorting it all Out, v2. Archived from the original on 9 September 2006. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
January 11, 2023
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