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Ligature for &c (etc)
& (the ampersand) is a ligature for 'et', latin for 'and'. Although archaic you can use '&c' the same as 'etc' as a shortened 'Et cetera'. & (the ampersand) being a ligature for 'et', I am curious to whether there are any historical examples of ligatures being designed for 'etc'.
I created an example of what a ligature for 'etc' could look like: http://bit.ly/cKOH8v
Does anyone know of any actual historical examples?
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8 Oct 2010 — 12:23am
cool
8 Oct 2010 — 9:12am
Interesting idea. I'll have to try it out!
8 Oct 2010 — 1:55pm
Richard Beatty included &c ligs in a number of his faces:
Deepdene, Elizabeth F., probably others.
I don't know if it was his idea; it seems pretty Goudy-ish to me.
11 Oct 2010 — 9:18pm
Could you link to an example? I can't seem to find what you are referring to.
12 Oct 2010 — 3:46am
Check out the middle of the character set on Goudy Saks, or many other fonts of Beatty's at FontShop:
http://www.fontshop.com/fonts/singles/richard_beatty/goudy_saks_roman/
(Follow the link and select "Character set".)
13 Oct 2010 — 10:37am
I finally got a chance to go through all of Beatty's fonts at FontShop. Great find! Thanks John!
To view larger, http://bit.ly/bKTDqc
13 Oct 2010 — 11:15am
There was a rare special litature for "&c" formerly.
see "Carl Faulmann, Buch der Schrift", page 198
www.archive.org/details/dasbuchderschri01faulgoog
www.archive.org/stream/dasbuchderschri01faulgoog#page/n214/mode/1up