The Ampersand

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There’s no need to use ampersand in Russian

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

Bringhurst on the Ampersand

Quoted from page 78 of Elements of Typographic Style (version 2.5) by Robert Bringhurst. 5.1.3 In heads and titles, use the best available ampersand. The ampersand is a symbol evolved from the Latin et, meaning and. It is one of the oldest alphabetic abbreviations, and it has assumed over the centuries a wonderful variety of […]