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August 2008

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• ampersands I like, usage

  Vadim and June

  08.25.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  An ampersand doubling as an “e.” Interesting.

  via Grain Edit designed by Small Studio.

• edible

  Salty Pretzel Ampersand

  08.25.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  from Verhine.

• clothing

  Garamond Ampersand T-shirt

  08.24.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Turn Nocturnal.

• reader links, writing about ampersands

  Ampersands With Attitude

  08.24.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  One designer lists his ten favorite examples of the ampersand.
  From Smashing Magazine. Sent in by Chris.

• signage

  F & H Vaccum

  08.24.08 | Permalink | Comment?

• From the Field

  Austin Ampersand No. 3

  08.18.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Lettering on the back of a Toyota van.

• From the Field

  Austin Ampersand No. 2

  08.18.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Artists & Hipsters:
  How are You Helping to Gentrify East Austin?

• From the Field, ampersands I like

  Austin Ampersand No. 1

  08.18.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Longbranch Inn. Austin, Tex.

• reader links

  Gocco Ampersand Card

  08.18.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  After checking out your blog, I was pretty inspired to do my next set of gocco cards with an ampersand theme. I looked through all of the ampersands I could find in about 300 fonts and narrowed it down to a diverse set of about 20. I then used these small fonts (12-20pt) to create [...]

• reader links

  xkcd

  08.18.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I am not nerdy enough to understand XKCD, but I still read it anyways. Thanks to Harris for sending it in.

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A scribal abbreviation for and. Derived from the Latin word "et."

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I like the ampersand. I think it is often the most attractive character of them all. This blog is an attempt to give this humble ligature the respect it deserves. If you would like to submit some ampersand-related content, please let me know.

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