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Sunday, 20 April 2008, 6:46 PM

Ampersand

I love the ampersand. Here's a great article (from Adobe) about it. And another from Wikipedia. I think it's cool that the "&" has gained new uses in programming languages and the like, just as the dwindling-toward-extinction "@" (the "asperand") has become reborn as an addressing "at" symbol on the Web.

Filed under :: Writing and Language

Sunday, 20 April 2008, 7:28 PM

Quoth decrepitoldfool ...

For some reason our university typeface standards strictly forbids the use of an ampersand unless it's part of a proper name. They're really het' up about it!

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