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  Nice, shiny ampersand

  06.26.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  
  

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  Blue and White

  06.25.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  
  

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  Dry Cleaners

  06.02.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Dry Cleaners are usually pretty reliable places to find ampersands. This one is nice and red and glowing through the window.

• 3-d ampersands, From the Field, ampersands I like, examples, photography, signage

  A Walk Down Post St.

  05.18.08 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  Squarish-roundish eurostyle ampersand.

  J & D Liquors. This is the faded, sunny side of the street.

  J & D Liquors. On the darker, not so sunny part of the street.

  S & B Liquors. There are quite a few liquor stores in my neighborhood.

  Neon ampersand behind a very dirty window. I really love this photo.

  R &. A nice [...]

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  Wooden Ampersand

  05.17.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Spotted in West Berkeley.

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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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