The Ampersand » Et

If I read German, I would order this.

Stephen — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:43:00 +0000

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 Et characters, spanning the period from 79 AD to the present. It will also late epigraphic examples.

Shape wall of the lungs? I suspect Google Translate is not perfect. Damn, I wish I spoke German. Nina does. Thank you for sending this in.

On My Way Home Today

Stephen — Sat, 10 May 2008 02:33:26 +0000

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 ampersand. From a deli/liquor store awning.

A curly one

Probably a law firm.

Some odd ones

nice and square. “Et” style ampersand, appears to be based on a “B.”

This one is absolutely horrible. Notice the “8″ shape.