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  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.

• From the Field

  Lighting Bolt Ampersand

  08.14.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  spotted on the street.

• From the Field, about this blog, ampersands I like, examples

  About

  08.14.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Throughout the course of this blog I left the about section more or less blank. I put placeholder Lorem Ipsum text up there and forgot about it. Thanks to Stefán Kjartansson for letting me know, and thanks for linking to my blog on You Work For Them.
  Oh, and here is a cool neon ampersand. [...]

• From the Field

  BART Station Ampersand

  07.29.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I found this at the Powell street BART station this morning. I know nothing else about it. If it looks familiar to you, let me know.

• 3-d ampersands, From the Field, ampersands I like, photography, signage

  Nice, shiny ampersand

  06.26.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  
  

• From the Field, ampersands I like, photography

  Blue and White

  06.25.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  
  

• From the Field, ampersands I like, reader links, signage

  London Bridge Bus Station

  06.11.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  I have never been, but they serve quality hot & cold food there.

  I think it is actually a nice ampersand. The tail to the ampersand seems to be an afterthought which is interesting to me.

• From the Field, reader links

  Someone else has been collecting

  06.11.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Yes! Lots of cool stuff here.

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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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