designer genes?

I hope so. :)

Lanston’s Goudy Heavyface

>My 5 year old son Connor has been writing his name with the “o” inside the “C” ever since he learned to write his name.

Do you live near a tire shop?

Imperium has it, and I believe that Kartago does, too, though I can’t be sure from MyFonts.

Here is Kartago’s character map, with the ligature.

Here’s another one:
http://www.fontshop.com/fonts/singles/presence_typo/prestige_c_normal/

@ Guerella

I am sure, its a typical (typocal) kind of merchandizing gene. From 1900 up to 1930 we find lots of ligatures like “Co.” and “Cie.” (both: Compagnie) in Germany.

May be, Connor has german roots?

This example is from
Prägefest
Ludwig & Mayer, Frankfurt am Main
Erstguß 1926
Eduard Lautenbach

Georg

That’s an interesting observations. We might have had a lot more Co ligatures if the nature of business hadn’t changed so much.

In place of the old mercantile organizations that presented themselves as grand and solid, we have companies promoting cute and cuddly brands today (Think Unilever)

Btw, Connor might also have been influenced by this:

;)

There are also a lot of lovely ligatures in Viceroy (custom) by Andrea Tinnes & Verena Gerlach.

This is Anker-Romanisch from Schelter & Giesecke, 1908
So we can see: 100 years ago the typograpists already
developed phantastic ligatures.

Georg

I think Estilo or Estilo Script has a CO ligature.

That Anker-Romanisch is sweet!

David

You would have thought Mantina would have one, it has a CI

http://www.fontbureau.com/fonts/Mantinia/charset

Cheers, Si

Actually Mantinia simulates ligatures just the way the letters fit... It looks close

I believe the Avant Garde has this as well in some editions.

150watt.net

Dalliance Ligatures has an “&Co.” character