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  Letters Missing

  12.07.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Mykl

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  Solvang, CA

  09.01.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Solvang seems to be somewhere quaint in California. Never been.
  Hannah says:
  Solvang is the original theme town! it was founded in the 20’s (i am pretty sure) by the danish to educate americans about their culture, and inspired a slew of themed towns all over the country that i have been researching

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  Stop & Drink

  09.01.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Don’t Mind if I do.

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  Tea Room & Bakery

  04.22.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  In the London Typographica pool, passed along to me by Zachary.

• From the Field, ampersands I like, signage

  A Few From TJoUT

  04.16.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  I have mentioned The Journal of Urban Typography before. I browsed around the archives over there and found a few good ampersands. The one on the bottom right was actually one of mine that made it’s way over there. It’s all coming full circle. Also this.

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  B&O

  04.10.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  From the Nels Nelson in the Netherlands.

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  Furama

  04.09.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Chinatown, San Francisco, Calif
  The last three posts were all from Frank Synopsis. He has a bunch of other ampersands in his photostream.

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  Mr. B’s Restaurant & Cocktail Lounge

  04.09.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Oakland, Calif.

• not an ampersand, reader links

  Chu’s Florist 𝄞 Birds

  04.07.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Jennifer found this interesting specimen in Redwood City. This example is really more like a clef than an ampersand, but I like that you can get birds and flowers all in one place. The sign is a bit faded, but the typography is interesting in it’s own way.
  Here is another example of a clef.

• From the Field, ampersands I like, signage

  I think this was a gay porn shop.

  03.17.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Closed down now due to the internet. Anyways, pretty cool lettering. It was removed about a week after I took this photo.

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

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