September 2008
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3-d ampersands
Antique Market Ampersand
My friend Maggie found this at the antique market in Alamo Square.
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From the Field, ampersands I like, examples, signage
Red on Yellow
Nice and simple red on yellow ampersands. Outside a small store/deli on Nob Hill.
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reader links
Microscopic Ampersands
Jakes writes:
So I was screwing around in Bio today, with the USB microscopes. A handout we’d been given had a nice large ampersand in the title (comic sans, I believe, but that’s not the point). I put the two together, and have uploaded some shots of ampersands under a microscope, at 10x magnification, to the [...] -
ampersands I like, art, there is an ampersand in there somewhere
Jeff Canham
The ampersand gave me the excuse to post Jeff Canham’s work. Lots of hand lettering, signage, and Tijuana Brass inspired stuff.
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reader links
Chicago El
A nice ampersand from the Chicago El signage at the “North & Clybourn”
station:from Fuzzy.
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ampersands I dislike
Abolish Ampersands
(in song titles.)
A last.fm group.
Description: For anyone who despises the use of ampersands in artist/album/song titles.
eg, how “Iron and Wine” is automatically scrobbled to “Iron & Wine” even though on his latest album no ampersand is…
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ampersands I like, there is an ampersand in there somewhere
Damrell & Upham — Booksellers
09.09.08 | Permalink | 2 CommentsJon sent this photo he found on Shorpy. There are a few really nice ampersands hidden away in this image—which is too huge to post and too detailed to shrink down.
The caption on shorpy:
Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1900. “Old Corner Bookstore, first brick building in Boston.” Detroit Publishing Company 8×10 glass negative.
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