The Ampersand

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Sin & Win

Sin & Win. From a gallery/antique store last week in Yucca Valley, Ca.

Not an Ampersand

I am not going to embarrass the loyal reader who sent this in, but I thought it could lead to a nice new series of educational posts called “Not an Ampersand.” This lovely garden sculpture is actually the musical symbol called the clef.

Metal Ampersands are Everywhere

Anthropologie (Urban Outfitters for grown-up ladies) has them now. Sweet. I tried to see how much they wanted for it but: Sorry, no items were found for the keyword “ampersand “. If you feel this is in error: * Please try a new search using a basic word, phrase or item #. * Browse our […]

Textorizer

From Sander: Hi, Great & website you got here! I came across this website and put in this image with text “&” it gave some interesting results. Good luck! OK. So I tried it… Nifty! Here is another ampersand made of ampersands.

Tagging is a felony. According to bongo, this was a brewery, and then a cold storage facility.

Thoughts on usage.

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 […]

Mountain Lake & Stream

Craig Conley writes: Which came first: Ampersand Stream, or Lake, or Mountain? Here’s an intriguing explanation from The Gentleman’s Magazine, 1892: Ampersand is a mountain. It is a lake. It is a stream. The mountain stands in the heart of the Adirondack country, just near enough to the thoroughfare of travel for thousands of people […]

Ampersand Tattoo No. 3

I was sent another ampersand tattoo: My ampersand tattoo is 300pt Auto 2 Bold Italic LF font by the design company