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• From the Field, ampersands I like, examples, photography, signage

  Clement Street

  05.27.08 | Permalink | Comment?

• From the Field, ampersands I dislike, ampersands I like, examples, photography, signage

  Fox Liquor & Groceries

  05.22.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  This is kind of an overgrown monster of an ampersand. It is kind of beautiful and ugly and interesting in the way a kudzu-choked tree is. Or maybe it actually reminds me of those mutant pesticide frogs with the extra legs. Anyways, it kind of defies the “ampersands I like” and “ampersands I dislike” categories [...]

• 3-d ampersands, ampersands I like, examples, photography

  Deep Fried.

  05.19.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  An onion ring that almost kind of resembles an ampersand.
  From Eli the Bearded’s photo in the Ampersandland photo pool.

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

  A Walk Down Post St.

  05.18.08 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  Squarish-roundish eurostyle ampersand.

  J & D Liquors. This is the faded, sunny side of the street.

  J & D Liquors. On the darker, not so sunny part of the street.

  S & B Liquors. There are quite a few liquor stores in my neighborhood.

  Neon ampersand behind a very dirty window. I really love this photo.

  R &. A nice [...]

• From the Field, ampersands I like, examples, photography, signage

  Shoe & Bag Repair

  05.17.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  This unusual looking ampersand comes from a shoe & bag repair shop near the Stockton tunnel in San Francisco. Note the bottle of Jack Daniels wedged into that pipe.

• 3-d ampersands, photography, poster

  Lots & Lots

  05.16.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Nick Sherman sent me this poster he designed for myfonts.com. Pretty cool stuff. He also sent in this really enormous wood type ampersand from the Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum. I mean just look at that beast.

• From the Field, ampersands I like, examples, photography, signage

  Ampersandland

  05.16.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Ampersandland is an awesome flickr group photo pool with a variety of examples of well, ampersands.

• From the Field, ampersands I like, examples, photography, signage

  Hand Painted Signs in North Beach

  05.12.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  With ampersands of course.
  The first two are from the amazing old-school butcher shop called Little City.

  Roast & Stew

  Aged & Tender

  Another one from down the street. I like the drop shadow.

• From the Field, ampersands I dislike, ampersands I like, examples, photography, signage

  On My Way Home Today

  05.09.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Here are a couple I spotted on my way home today:
  There were hand painted Ampersands

  A local deli. I really like this one. Hand-painted and chubby.

  Coffee & Donuts. Another old-school hand-painted sign.
  Some clean sans-serif ones

  The old classic Helvetica ampersand from the Crate & Barrel logo. Helvetica always looks great giant and 3-D like that.

  Your standard sans-serif [...]

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

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