Colophon

“Colophon” comes from the Greek “κολοφων,” meaning ‘a summit,’ ‘top,’ ‘finishing.’ It is a description of the details and methods behind a publication, often found on the last few pages of a book.

Typography

The logo was created by Jason Pickleman at jnl graphic design, and was set in Franklin Gothic Book. The website body text, headers, and navigation is set in Arial; image subtitles in Verdana, a typeface designed for legibility at smaller point sizes.

Design

Neoteric Design designed and developed this site, based on a concept from JNL. Neoteric redesigns websites with a focus on customer needs, site goals, ease of use and engaging design. A design refresh was completed in 2007, and directed by Museum staff as well as the Columbia College marketing department.

Technical

We use Adobe Photoshop, Omnigraffle Professional, and TextMate to create this site.

The site runs on PHP. Content is maintained using MovableType. A range of useful plugins are in use, including Multiblog and MTSQL. SmartyPants and Textile 2 are used for text wrangling. The site is authored using structural XHTML, and complies with the 1.0 transitional web standards as set by the W3C.

If you have questions, comments, or suggestions regarding this site, please email Audrey Mast at mocp@colum.edu.