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  House Letters & Ligatures Opening

  11.11.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Lots of great ampersands here from House Industries.

  Giant Iron Ampersand on the wall.
  Imagine frying bacon on that.

  A bit rusty.

  Ampersands & Ampersands
  Looks like a pretty cool show. Wish I could have made it. Link.
  Previously mentioned: Cast-Iron

• 3-d ampersands, ampersands I like

  Cast Iron

  07.12.08 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  So this one is truly amazing. House Industries has come out with three dimentional cast metal ampersands. The cast sculptures are part of their Studio Lettering series. They come in both cast iron and aluminum. I like to think that you can season and heat up the cast iron one and use it to fry [...]

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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