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  There’s no need to use ampersand in Russian

  05.18.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  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

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  Richard Wilbur, “&”

  05.16.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  From The Beautiful Changes and Other Poems (1947):
  A slopeshouldered shape from scurrying burdens
  Backward and forth, or perhaps a lyre
  Or a clef wrung wry in tuning untunable tones
  Or a knot for tugging an out-of-hand.
  Vine to the trellis in clerical gardens:
  Sweetness & light, ice & fire,
  Nature & art have dissocketed all your bones,
  Porter, poor pander ampersand.

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  Bringhurst on the Ampersand

  05.10.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  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 forms. Contemporary [...]

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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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