I was wondering whether many people won't recognise that style of ampersand though?
The 'et' is clear, but have most people forgotten that connection? Do most people only 'get' them from context? I sent an image to one of my friends with only that ampersand in but he didn't know what it meant until I sent another one showing "Jack & Jill", where it was recognised in context.
The french ampersand comes from a contraction of an /e an a /t to get the /et (and &) in english. That said, all aesthetic choice is open and up to the designer. You could find the way I've drawn my ampersand in other typeface too (Meridien italic for instance). Also, an ampersand is called “esperluette” in French, but only few people knows about it. Everybody calls the ampersand key “et” according to its common pronounciation.
22 May 2012 — 9:31am
Some ampersand fonts & not only(see below).
1. Ampersands
2. And So Forth JNL
3. Coming Together
4. Haäfe & Haph Ampersands
5. Poetica Ampersands
22 May 2012 — 12:57pm
What do you mean by "beautiful"?
hhp
22 May 2012 — 2:42pm
A collection: http://ampersandampersand.tumblr.com/archive
Inspiration: http://ampersand.gosedesign.net/
22 May 2012 — 5:43pm
aaahhh @sans sleep @ ricard0 thank you
@hrant what i meant by beautiful is *how should i put it? perhaps not usual, i want to show you by attaching pictures, but i don't understand how :(
22 May 2012 — 6:39pm
@cmon_liam: Where do you go to school & who are your design/typography teachers?
23 May 2012 — 4:00am
I'm a fan of the Trump Mediaeval Italic ampersand. http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/trump-mediaeval/italic/glyphs/5285...
I was wondering whether many people won't recognise that style of ampersand though?
The 'et' is clear, but have most people forgotten that connection? Do most people only 'get' them from context? I sent an image to one of my friends with only that ampersand in but he didn't know what it meant until I sent another one showing "Jack & Jill", where it was recognised in context.
23 May 2012 — 4:10am
@sko: You will probably like this one (Sorry, I know it's mine ;-) : http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/psyops/harfang-pro/light-italic/glyphs.html...
23 May 2012 — 9:39am
Eka, use the “insert image” link below.
PNG or JPEG format.
No spaces in file name.
Max width 588 pixels, to avoid horizontal scroll bar activation.
23 May 2012 — 1:52pm
@sim I like it! Were there any reason in particular for drawing it in that way? is there a historical style it's made after or just aesthetic choice?
24 May 2012 — 4:36am
The french ampersand comes from a contraction of an /e an a /t to get the /et (and &) in english. That said, all aesthetic choice is open and up to the designer. You could find the way I've drawn my ampersand in other typeface too (Meridien italic for instance). Also, an ampersand is called “esperluette” in French, but only few people knows about it. Everybody calls the ampersand key “et” according to its common pronounciation.
More to read here : http://www.adobe.com/type/topics/theampersand.html
25 May 2012 — 12:33am
My latest Ampersand passion was designed by Pedro Leal (DSTypefoundry). Look At it here , and promote that event typophiles!
I think you all will love that &!
24 May 2012 — 7:22pm
You’re right, it makes my head spin!
25 May 2012 — 5:08am
Good one!
25 May 2012 — 12:28pm
Underwares's Auto Font
http://www.underware.nl/fonts/auto/try
11 Jun 2012 — 7:28am
Way late to this party, but thought I'd mention Radio from vllg.
11 Jun 2012 — 10:53am
Nice one Dan!
11 Jun 2012 — 10:54pm
+1!
n.
12 Jun 2012 — 11:08pm
Another one from Yomar Augusto
Look at this beauty
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Fábio Santos