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  If I read German, I would order this.

  08.07.08 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  According 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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  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 [...]

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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