On the title page, the printer used the unusual ligature phœnix to evoke an antique aesthetic.

Captain Harrow told a tall tale about the merchant ship Phœnix, whose name survived only in faded port records.

The ancient myths told of phœnixes rising from the ashes to begin new lives.

The curator explained that the phœnix palm was an obsolete typographic variant once used in decorative printed books.

The conservatory's last surviving phœnix palms stood tall against the winter chill.