Colophon
A colophon is a traditional element in a book that provides details on printing, production, typography, and often other specifics about the book, its content, and authorship. Below we have included links to a few articles about the colophon, as well as some examples that we think might be particularly appropriate to you.
We would be happy to read your colophon draft and give you feedback before you print your Editorial if you email them to us.
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Example: Change to customize to your Editorial
This editorial was produced in partial fulfillment of the requirements of Graphic Design 4 in the Department of Arts, Culture & Media, Rutgers University-Newark, under the instruction of Professor _______(instructor’s name), Spring 2026. The text content was culled from multiple sources cited in the Bibliography. The Introduction was written by (your name). The type is set in __________(typeface name)_______, and ________(typeface name – if more than one). The paper stock is ____________(paper name and weight). This book was designed, printed, and hand-bound by _________(your name).*
*In addition, you may want to add other details as appropriate. For example:
– If you created all of the imagery yourself, you can mention that in your Colophon instead of having an Image Credits page.
– If you wrote all of the content yourself, then you would change the language about text content as appropriate.
About the Colophon & Other Examples