The Ampersand

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Abolish Ampersands

(in song titles.) A last.fm group. Description: For anyone who despises the use of ampersands in artist/album/song titles. eg, how “Iron and Wine” is automatically scrobbled to “Iron & Wine” even though on his latest album no ampersand is… Thanks Mary.

Fox Liquor & Groceries

This is kind of an overgrown monster of an ampersand. It is kind of beautiful and ugly and interesting in the way a kudzu-choked tree is. Or maybe it actually reminds me of those mutant pesticide frogs with the extra legs. Anyways, it kind of defies the “ampersands I like” and “ampersands I dislike” categories […]

On My Way Home Today

Here are a couple I spotted on my way home today: There were hand painted Ampersands A local deli. I really like this one. Hand-painted and chubby. Coffee & Donuts. Another old-school hand-painted sign. Some clean sans-serif ones The old classic Helvetica ampersand from the Crate & Barrel logo. Helvetica always looks great giant and […]