This historic typographic ornament serves as a visual marker to signal the conclusion of a major section of text. Originally drawn by hand in manuscripts, it evolved into cast metal ornaments used by early printers to add elegance and clear structural boundaries to a volume.
Heard on the job
The designer requested a subtle coronis at the end of every chapter to give the novel a classic feel.
Do not mix it up with
- Colophon: A colophon provides publication details at the back of a book, whereas a coronis is purely a decorative end-mark.