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Ampersand again
Hoefler & Frere-Jones take a look at their “middle name” (the ampersand). H&FJ explains:
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. By the time the letter W entered the Latin alphabet in the seventh century, ampersands had enjoyed six hundred years of continuous use; one appears in Pompeiian graffiti, establishing the symbol at least as far back as A.D. 79.
To read the rest, and also see some examples, go read the rest: “Our Middle Name.”
Previously on liblog: & the ampersand that points out Adobe’s ampersand page.
— michael | April 30, 2008 08:06 PM | Random bits
