30 Magnificent and Inspirational Ampersand Illustrations
posted on 17th July 2010 by Mubashir Baweja with the tags: "Ampersand", "Illustration", "Typography" .
The word “ampersand” is created from the slurred form of “and, per se and”, which the alphabet ended with, historically. The Ampersand symbol is a ligature of the letters E and T, which spells the word “et”, Latin for “and”. The word ampersand was added to the dictionary in 1837.
To some people, the ampersand is nothing but an alternative for the word ëandí. To others, it’s a piece of beauty. Its bold curves and defining shape makes the ampersand fun to draw and fun to design. Allow me to present these magnificent renditions of the already magnificent Ampersand. What’s your favourite?
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Lucas Cobb Design 17 Jul 2010
Some creative stuff here. Thanks for sharing guys.
Ali Designs 17 Jul 2010
Excellent collection of Ampersand, there another design I like from Ugmonk – http://bit.ly/U75h
Emma 17 Jul 2010
Great post here, my favourites are the flowered one and especially the one with the octupus! Very very creative and well developed
Mubashir 17 Jul 2010
I love that t-shirt as well Ali, but I just thought it was a bit to plain to be added here!
Jolt 18 Jul 2010
Great stuff. Nice typography on show
Art Nations 18 Jul 2010
Great collection of ampersands. I like the bear ampersand the best. It really communicates the flowing lines of the letterform like it should be, but in a very wuirky way.
Nicholas 18 Jul 2010
Wonderful illustrations!!
bachot 21 Jul 2010
i sure love that shut up & listen artwork illustration
S.M.Karthick 30 Jul 2010
Creative!! i love crime
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