The Ampersand

Archive for May, 2008

Laundromat Ampersand

From Jenny from Wisconsin.

Amperbunnies

Yeah that’s right. genie sent this: Hi, I love typography and I love bunnies. I hope you enjoy these Sans Serif Ampersand Bunnies I drew for you.

At a Wedding

I think this weirdly overwrought ampersand looks a bit like an @ but somehow, it works.

Ampersand Masters Thesis

Kevin passed along this really interesting project a classmate of his did for a masters thesis. It is about ampersands, of course. One danger of using computer-based fonts exclusively is it moves us away from the strange little things that happen when we write by hand. It is important to preserve the changes that have [...]

Another Edible Ampersand

This time, it’s a whole typeface made of pretzels.

Miracle Spaghetti Ampersand

Rob sent me this. Here’s an ampersand that created itself out of a piece of spaghetti that fell onto the stove top and dried while I was putting it into the bowl.

Clement Street

L’esperluette

L’esperluette is how you say ampersand in French.

Fox Liquor & Groceries

This is kind of an overgrown monster of an ampersand. It is kind of beautiful and ugly and interesting in the way a kudzu-choked tree is. Or maybe it actually reminds me of those mutant pesticide frogs with the extra legs. Anyways, it kind of defies the “ampersands I like” and “ampersands I dislike” categories [...]

Kramer’s

Here is a nice ampersand from the ITC American Typewriter and ampersand loving Kramer’s Books & Afterwards. Careful, annoying music starts playing on their site as soon as you click. Oh and why not visit Jerimiah’s site. He took these pics.