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  They Love Books!

  08.07.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  And I like their logo.

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  Upper and lower case

  05.13.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Here is the classic U&lc logo by Herb Lubalin. I don’t have much to day about it so I think I will let Steven Heller say it. Herb Lubalin: Rule Basher.

• ampersands I like, examples, logo

  Herb Lubalin’s Mother & Child Logo

  05.10.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  An excellent use of an ampersand in a logo. Herb was a master.
  Scanned from A History of Graphic Design, by Meggs.
  Learn More about Herb Lubalin here.

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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• Stephen: that makes more sense now.
• plastictabs: Howdy, Glad to see you’re down with Ampertee, or at least for the most part :) Something to point...
• n: Hi, and thanks you for the link, but the real link for our website is : http://on.aime.se.promener.fre e.fr
• matthieu: C’est une clef de sol (french for G). It’s not an “esperluette”.
• Stephen: I forgot to file this in the “there is an ampersand in there somewhere category.”

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