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  Ampersand Masters Thesis

  05.27.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Kevin passed along this really interesting project a classmate of his did for a masters thesis. It is about ampersands, of course.

  One danger of using computer-based fonts exclusively is it moves us away from the strange little things that happen when we write by hand. It is important to preserve the changes that have occurred [...]

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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