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  Screentones, patterns and a box of Cheeze-itz.

  12.19.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Screentones, patterns and a box of Cheeze-itz.
  I don’t really understand this one, but I guess it is pretty cool.

  From Jonathan.

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  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 &. [...]

• ampersands I like, art, there is an ampersand in there somewhere

  Jeff Canham

  09.24.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  The ampersand gave me the excuse to post Jeff Canham’s work. Lots of hand lettering, signage, and Tijuana Brass inspired stuff.

• ampersands I like, there is an ampersand in there somewhere

  Damrell & Upham — Booksellers

  09.09.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Jon 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.

• there is an ampersand in there somewhere

  Fun With Letraset

  08.12.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Also this one. Fun With Letraset. Via Speakup.

• ampersands I like, examples, signage, there is an ampersand in there somewhere

  The Journal of Urban Typography

  08.04.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Two examples from a great new blog.

• there is an ampersand in there somewhere

  Heart + Ampersand

  07.30.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Craig found this on Designsponge. Craig, please explain this.

• photography, reader links, there is an ampersand in there somewhere

  Laundromat Ampersand

  05.30.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  From Jenny from Wisconsin.

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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