A label is a piece of paper, plastic film, cloth, metal, or other material affixed to a container or product, on which is written or printed information or symbols about the product or item. Information printed directly on a container or article can also be considered labelling.
Shirt with labels
A bunch of bananas with a label
A label made with embossing tape
A label with faux embossing
Signage is the design or use of signs and symbols to communicate a message. Signage also means signs collectively or being considered as a group. The term signage is documented to have been popularized in 1975 to 1980.
The "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign, just to the south of the Las Vegas Strip
A coat of arms at Castle Borbeck
The Saracen's Head: a pub sign in Bath, England
Four Times Night painting by William Hogarth depicting a retail sign c. 1738