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shakespeherian — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 10:38:12 -0800

300&65 Ampersands is a Tumblr blog celebrating the beauty of the ampersand. (Archive)

By: keratacon

keratacon — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 10:47:59 -0800

... and how!

By: filthy light thief

filthy light thief — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 10:50:16 -0800

By itself, the ampersand from Vidalia Sunshine looks a bit .. diseased.

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 10:52:44 -0800

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By: carsonb

carsonb — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 10:54:53 -0800

Very austere. Here's another ampersand blog that I've been following for years. Also, did you know that this symbol, @, can be called the asperand?

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 10:55:34 -0800

IT'S THE COMMERCIAL A SHUT YOUR MOUTH

By: grizzled

grizzled — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 10:56:53 -0800

Come on, only a person with Asperger's syndrome would call the @ symbol an asperand, and do it while eating asparagus, too. Perhaps asparagirl can comment.

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 10:59:10 -0800

Aspire to aspirate the asps, asshole.

By: carsonb

carsonb — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:00:02 -0800

Time to switch to decaf!

By: bewilderbeast

bewilderbeast — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:00:34 -0800

Scroll down a bit for knitted ampersands. (ravelry link)

By: ZenMasterThis

ZenMasterThis — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:05:22 -0800

Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll &re very good indeed

By: quonsar II: smock fishpants and the temple of foon

quonsar II: smock fishpants and the temple of foon — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:08:01 -0800

Also, did you know that this symbol, @, can be called the asperand? actually, yes. i learned this last week when i looked at your userpage.

By: theredpen

theredpen — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:09:42 -0800

I have loved ampersands ever since reading Figgs & Phantoms. I think it was the start of my love of typography in general. Apparently not alone.

By: nebulawindphone

nebulawindphone — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:10:40 -0800

Aspire to aspirate the asps You shouldn't make fun of people with snake-lung. It's a serious medical condition that I just made up.

By: Sailormom

Sailormom — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:22:34 -0800

Someone should tell Alvy .

By: Homemade Interossiter

Homemade Interossiter — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:36:56 -0800

I remember quite clearly when I finally managed to write an ampersand. I was about 8 or 9 and boy, was I proud. I still think it's a wonderful symbol. Consider also the Irish gaelic version of the ampersand, the Tyronian et, less beautiful, but more mysterious in my mind. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tironian_notes

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:37:42 -0800

Few things made me so proudly happy as the day I figured out how to write an ampersand freehand, and without looking at a reference.

By: bonaldi

bonaldi — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:53:10 -0800

I too had been battling with ampersands as a kid, especially in calligraphy, where I couldn't get the cross stroke anything like smooth enough. So, first day I got access to the Mac at school, I fired up Word and made the largest ampersand I could, in New York. Went so big it stopped displaying properly on the tiny screen. Sent it to the LaserWriter, and a good while later out came a perfect giant A4 ampersand. Beautiful. (It was about a decade until I got that "ho wow, computers are *way* better at turning my ideas into reality than my crappy hands are" sensation again, when after spending hours in the darkroom working on prints, I hit "undo" for the first time in Photoshop.)

By: Zozo

Zozo — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 12:30:33 -0800

I have an ampersand tattoo (set in Perpetua, hurr hurr), so it should go without saying that I'm a big fan of this blog. Excellent find.

By: BlackLeotardFront

BlackLeotardFront — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 12:51:25 -0800

I have an ampersand tattoo (set in Perpetua, hurr hurr), so it should go without saying that I'm a big fan of this blog. Excellent find. I just forwarded this site to a friend with an ampersand tattoo... but it's not in Perpetua. Just to be sure, you're not Andy?

By: East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94

East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 13:00:36 -0800

Shit Ampersand

By: entropicamericana

entropicamericana — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 13:54:11 -0800

What, was fuckyeahampersands.tumblr.com taken?

By: Zozo

Zozo — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 15:23:39 -0800

Just to be sure, you're not Andy? Nope.

By: geekyguy

geekyguy — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:52:40 -0800

I'm still crushing on the interrobang ( ‽ ) and am not sure I have room in my heart for these ampersands. This is a compelling post though.

By: Alvy Ampersand

Alvy Ampersand — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 22:41:55 -0800

I'm still crushing on the interrobang ( ‽ ) and am not sure I have room in my heart for these ampersands. Whatevs, man. We don't need you, never did. NEVER! Stupid sexy interrobang! *Sob*

By: Devika

Devika — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 18:12:52 -0800

Because the ampersand is a rendering (ligature, thanks Wikipedia) of the Latin word for "and" (et), I've developed my own cursive ampersand that looks like a combination of my 'e' and 't'. /pretentious classics git