Ampersand, &c., et cetera ...

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Ready, Typeset, Go: Justify your love of letters with this Taxonomy of Typography print.

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ampersand Epilepsja Round Outline Mikołaj Grabowski

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#36days_amp #36daysoftype #36hourstofiu #fiubcn #lettering #typography #type #ampersand

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Benedek Takás and Dániel Kozma, Ficciones Typografika 798-800 (24”x36”). Installed on February 22, 2015. More on Ficciones Typografika.

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Christian Bélanger, "ABCs."

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Fraktur B. by Syntax One on Flickr.

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I have a new print for sale at occupantpress.com. There are only 50 for sale so if you want a big ampersand to hang in your office, go quick!

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Attention glyph enthusiasts!

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Great British Type Designer Stamp Collection.

“Why have they never done this?” asks Darren Scott of UK design agency, Truth. This self-initiated postage set makes a good point, they look great, and I think type designers are easily overlooked when celebrating design. I feel like petitioning Royal Mail to produce them.

It’s a good choice of glyphs too from each designer’s work; William Caslon, Eric Gill, John Baskervill Matthew Carter, Neville Brody, & Stanley Morison.

This list of 6 represents jut a few of the many renowned UK type designers. Add; Jonathan Barnbrook, Rian Hughes, Edward Johnston, Walter Tracy, Phil Garnham, Paul Barnes, Jeremy Tankard & Margaret Calvert, and you have a rough starting point. 

There are many nations that could easily fill 6 stamps with their type designers. Have you seen any other countries celebrate their type designers this way?

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N by Nathan Sitz Twitter || Source

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Caretoz by Patricia Mafra

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Handlettering by Matt Elbert

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Font Aid IV: Coming Together—a font of over 400 ampersands

In 2010, SOTA [The Society of Typographic Aficionados] produced “Coming Together,” a font created to benefit Haitian earthquake victims. Consisting of over 400 ampersands, it represented the idea of people coming together to help one another. Nearly 400 type designers, graphic designers, and other artists from around the world contributed to the Font Aid IV project.

The font is being be sold for $20US and is available through font distributors Ascender Fonts and MyFonts. All proceeds from the sale of the font will go to Doctors Without Borders, to help with their relief efforts in Haiti.

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Resource: Luc Devroye

http://luc.devroye.org/fonts.html

Type Design, Typography, Typefaces and Fonts These pages offer over 50,000 entries with information on type design, type designers, the history and choice of fonts and typefaces, the mathematics of type design, font software, and typographic matters in general. The subjects are cross-classified by country, language, tag, style, and category. Each item also has a dedicated subpage with additional images not shown on the main pages [click on pink dots like ⦿]. I started this work in 1993. This web page is imperfect. I apologize for all errors and omissions. I will reply to each email. Also, all type designers are invited for drinks at my place in Montreal (map, address and phone number on my main page).

— Luc Devroye

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Lightyear Thomas Ramey 2014

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The margins have to lift your soul.

Andrew Hoyem Designer and Publisher, Arion Press Fine Press Limited Edition Books

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Bauer Type Foundry specimen (1912) showing the German Versal-Eszett. Also called the capital sharp S, capital ß, uppercase ß, majuscule ß, majuscule eszett. It is a contested letterform; historically the eszett (ß) had no uppercase form, but has become more common as modern design, in part due to official German language, spelling, signage, and typography reform, calls for the uppercase form (for example, in the setting of display text in all capitals).  Photographs © Ralf Herrmann from the Flickr pool dedicated to this letterform.

Background on the Versal-Eszett on Wikipedia. Article by James Mosley on the history of the ß, including discussion of the majuscule form.  List of fonts at MyFonts.com that include the Versal-Eszett.