Peeling Ampersand
Slowly peeling.
Slowly peeling.
One designer lists his ten favorite examples of the ampersand. From Smashing Magazine. Sent in by Chris.
Simple Bits has an article about usage of ampersands on the web. I am going to add this one to the articles section. He mentions The Elements of Typographic Style. Mandatory reading for anyone who cares about design and typography. Oh, and Neatorama agrees.
Designer and fellow San Franciscan Chris Simmons of MINE writes: Since I was a child I have been fascinated with the ampersand. I used to type my high school papers on a typewriter and that key always stood out to me. “Eh” Be” “Cee” “Dee” “Dollar Sign” “Ampersand?” It was such a strange character and […]
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 […]
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 […]
Hi… I like typography. I like ampersands. You say: “I like the ampersand. I think it is often the most attractive punctuation mark of them all.” BUT… I hope this doesn’t come across as cranky. Is the ampersand a punctuation mark? Isn’t it more like an abbreviation? One doesn’t use it to punctuate a sentence. […]
According to Google Translate, this page actually says: Jan Tschichold †: shape wall of the lungs Et symbol (Reprint of the essay “form changing face of Et character” of 1953) Andreas Stötzner: Anatomy and the example of the metamorphosis Et mark With passenger and heading Register This edition contains a total of 528 individually shown […]
L’esperluette is how you say ampersand in French.
The first entry in Pentagram Papers 1, ABC: A Dictionary Of Graphic Cliches; Compiled by Philip Thompson & Peter Davenport. Pentagram London, 1976.