October 2008

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• Uncategorized

  A & B Lovell

  10.30.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  A & B Lovell
  Bristol
  Plenty more typographic signage at: on.aime.se.promener

• ampersands I like

  Shipping & Receiving

  10.30.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  From the always great Journal of Urban Typography.

• Uncategorized

  ffffound on fffound

  10.30.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  This appears to be some sort of magazine layout. The thing about ffffound is they never tell you where the images come from. I love it anyways.

• reader links, there is an ampersand in there somewhere

  Only sorta ampersand related

  10.30.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  But I like this pixelly fellow. Fun times.

  Abby from the University of Minnesota Student Unions & Activities.
  I work in the marketing department of Student Unions & Activities at the University of Minnesota. Judging by our name, you can probably guess why I would like to submit content. Our entire brand is based around the &. [...]

• reader links

  Ampersand Generator

  10.29.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Ampersand Generator from The Bird Machine.
  Thanks Anne.

• reader links

  Ouroboros Ampersand

  10.29.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Yeah I didn’t know what the hell an Ouroboros was until I did some google research, but this ampersand that was submitted kind of looks like the ampersand version of that. Is it just me? Check it out.
  Sent in by ampersandrew.

• From the Field, writing about ampersands

  Peeling Ampersand

  10.21.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Slowly peeling.

• From the Field

  Construction Ampersand

  10.21.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  At a construction site.

• From the Field, ampersands I like, photography

  Yellow Black & Red

  10.14.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Spotted this weekend in San Francisco.

The Ampersand

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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