More ampersand tattoos
After seeing my earlier post, Eileen sent in her ampersand tattoo: and her sister’s:
After seeing my earlier post, Eileen sent in her ampersand tattoo: and her sister’s:
Some people care so deeply about ampersands, they have them permanently drawn on their skin. Flickr user letsread wrote me this: it’s ITC caslon 540 italic from the book figgs & phantoms by ellen raskin–which incorrectly identifies the ampersand as garamond Also she has a blog. Janet also sent me hers: my friend just directed [...]
The first entry in Pentagram Papers 1, ABC: A Dictionary Of Graphic Cliches; Compiled by Philip Thompson & Peter Davenport. Pentagram London, 1976.
No Friends Forever : Liam Devowski Liam Says: Hey, love your blog, maybe you’ll get a kick out of this “ampersad” i think hes upset because nobody knows how to draw him, so “+” gets all the action. His site, NEON GRAY has some pretty cool stuff. I like this nice .gif demonstration as well.
An onion ring that almost kind of resembles an ampersand. From Eli the Bearded’s photo in the Ampersandland photo pool.
For the Love of Type. I love this but I might like this better.
Squarish-roundish eurostyle ampersand. J & D Liquors. This is the faded, sunny side of the street. J & D Liquors. On the darker, not so sunny part of the street. S & B Liquors. There are quite a few liquor stores in my neighborhood. Neon ampersand behind a very dirty window. I really love this [...]
But a Russian guy wrote a pretty fantastic article about the ampersand anyways. My favorite part might be this sample with 5 different ampersands scattered across the same page. Read & Learn. Artemy Lebedev: § 112. Ampersand
The head of the design department at my old school The Creative Circus sent me this. I made crystals out of ampersands….and their negative spaces. See? I LOVE ampersands….used to only look at them and the lower case ‘g’ when I was picking out typefaces…..
My friend Diana has hand-crafted some ampersand buttons that are affordable enough to be purchased with the money floating around in your pocket and/or couch. Buttn on Etsy