LOGOTYPE

logo, logotype

(noun) a company emblem or device

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

logotype (plural logotypes)

A symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of an institution or other entity, usually referred to as a logo.

Synonym: logo

(typography) A single type combining two or more letters (as a ligature or otherwise).

Synonym: ligature

Source: Wiktionary


Log"o*type, n. Etym: [Gr. -type.] (Print.)

Definition: A single type, containing two or more letters; as, æ, Æ, fi, fl, ffl, etc. ; -- called also ligature.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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