The Ampersand

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Kramer’s

Here is a nice ampersand from the ITC American Typewriter and ampersand loving Kramer’s Books & Afterwards. Careful, annoying music starts playing on their site as soon as you click. Oh and why not visit Jerimiah’s site. He took these pics.

Ampersand Tattoos

Some people care so deeply about ampersands, they have them permanently drawn on their skin. Flickr user letsread wrote me this: it’s ITC caslon 540 italic from the book figgs & phantoms by ellen raskin–which incorrectly identifies the ampersand as garamond Also she has a blog. Janet also sent me hers: my friend just directed […]

Ampersad :(

No Friends Forever : Liam Devowski Liam Says: Hey, love your blog, maybe you’ll get a kick out of this “ampersad” i think hes upset because nobody knows how to draw him, so “+” gets all the action. His site, NEON GRAY has some pretty cool stuff. I like this nice .gif demonstration as well.

Ampersand Crystals

The head of the design department at my old school The Creative Circus sent me this. I made crystals out of ampersands….and their negative spaces. See? I LOVE ampersands….used to only look at them and the lower case ‘g’ when I was picking out typefaces…..

Ampersand Commemorative Button.

My friend Diana has hand-crafted some ampersand buttons that are affordable enough to be purchased with the money floating around in your pocket and/or couch. Buttn on Etsy

A few ampersand-related reader links.

Kramer’s Books & Afterwards. An ampersand loving bookstore in Washington D.C. An ampersand-focused college and a guy who works there. An ampersand from Mexico And A Bit of Fry and Laurie: from petty.me.uk Hugh Laurie (of TV’s ‘House’) and Stephen Fry had a fantastic sketch show in the UK in the 90’s. See this review, […]