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A Brief History of the Ampersand

Quote, “Though it feels like a modern appendix to our ancient alphabet, the ampersand is considerably older than many of the letters that we use today.” Jonathan Hoefler (of type foundry Hoefler & Frere-Jones) discusses the ampersand.

Tue 04.29.08

Tagged: Aside, Typography

There are 4 comments on this post. Add your own comment.

    I didn’t even realize that the “&” sign had a name. i always just called it the And Sign.

    said sean

    at 6:08pm on Tuesday

    They’re so great.

    said Casey

    at 7:21pm on Tuesday

    Why isn’t this styled out like your normal quotes?

    said dbox

    at 5:59pm on Wednesday

    I make editorial decisions about context sometimes. In this instance, I didn’t feel like it was very “quote-y,” it just happened to be a post containing a quote. I try to keep the Quote category posts quotes that stand on their own fairly well, without the need to follow a link to explain further.

    said Joshua

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