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  Thoughts on usage.

  08.08.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  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 [...]

• about this blog, writing about ampersands

  He may have a point.

  08.07.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  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 [...]

The Ampersand

A scribal abbreviation for and. Derived from the Latin word “et.”

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