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Ampersands With Attitude
One designer lists his ten favorite examples of the ampersand.
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Use the Best Available Ampersand
Simple Bits has an article about usage of ampersands on the web.
I am going to add this one to the articles section.
He mentions The Elements of Typographic Style. Mandatory reading for anyone who cares about design and typography.
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Amper’s and?
Designer and fellow San Franciscan Chris Simmons of MINE writes:
Since I was a child I have been fascinated with the ampersand. I used to type my high school papers on a typewriter and that key always stood out to me. “Eh” Be” “Cee” “Dee” “Dollar Sign” “Ampersand?” It was such a strange character and had [...] -
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Thoughts on usage.
Just a note. When I first learned this DTP (graphic design) stuff in the mid-80’s – there was no one to teach it, so we all learned by flying by the seat of our pants.
To this end, I did some serious study of typography, scouring the local library for any and all books about the [...] -
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Mountain Lake & Stream
08.08.08 | Permalink | 2 CommentsCraig Conley writes:
Which came first: Ampersand Stream, or Lake, or Mountain? Here’s an intriguing explanation from The Gentleman’s Magazine, 1892:Ampersand is a mountain. It is a lake. It is a stream. The mountain stands in the heart of the Adirondack country, just near enough to the thoroughfare of travel for thousands [...]
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He may have a point.
Hi…
I like typography. I like ampersands.
You say: “I like the ampersand. I think it is often the most attractive punctuation mark of them all.”
BUT… I hope this doesn’t come across as cranky. Is the ampersand a punctuation mark? Isn’t it more like an abbreviation?
One doesn’t use it to punctuate a sentence. “You need to [...] -
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If I read German, I would order this.
08.07.08 | Permalink | 3 CommentsAccording to Google Translate, this page actually says:
Jan Tschichold †: shape wall of the lungs Et symbol (Reprint of the essay “form changing face of Et character” of 1953)
Andreas Stötzner: Anatomy and the example of the metamorphosis Et mark
With passenger and heading Register
This edition contains a total of 528 individually shown and proven examples of [...] -
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The subject of typographic embroidery
The first entry in Pentagram Papers 1, ABC: A Dictionary Of Graphic Cliches; Compiled by Philip Thompson & Peter Davenport. Pentagram London, 1976.
The Ampersand
A scribal abbreviation for and. Derived from the Latin word “et.”About
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