The Ampersand

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Victorian Display Type

A reader named Andrew found this odd one in a community college library. On a somewhat related note, I found this collection of (non-Victiorian) woodtype on Grain Edit. There are some pretty interesting ampersands in there if you poke around.

Flour & Water

Add yeast and salt and you could have bread. Maybe this is a graffiti artist joke about wheat paste? Anyhow, this guys is facing the wrong way. That’s a three with a line (almost) running through it. Sent in by Johnny0. link. UPDATE: I just learned the real story behind this from Bilil who writes: […]

Kraak & Smaak

Concert poster for the Effenaar a music venue in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. From Klaartje Vollenberg.