Whaaat? A book about Ampersands? You must be kidding!
So here it is, folks, after countless hours of work, the Ampersand book is here!
It is a book for designers (and ampersand-fans) where they can choose fonts based on the look of the ampersand. There are 96 ampersands featured, each with information about who made the font and when i, which foundry it is available from, and the current price. It includes some essays (from Adobe and some other sites -- credit is always given), as well as some great ampersand-related projects.
The book is not for sale, since I don't have the rights for some of the pictures. I hope the wonderful designers that I features in my book do not mind that I posted this on YouTube. If anyone has a problem, please scream, and I will take the video down.
The book is part of the series "A Character with Multiple Personalities," which always features glyphs that type designers get a little wild with! Enjoy the video below. Credit goes to Adrian Belew for the "Ampersand" song. Caution: addictive little song.
So here it is, folks, after countless hours of work, the Ampersand book is here!
It is a book for designers (and ampersand-fans) where they can choose fonts based on the look of the ampersand. There are 96 ampersands featured, each with information about who made the font and when i, which foundry it is available from, and the current price. It includes some essays (from Adobe and some other sites -- credit is always given), as well as some great ampersand-related projects.
The book is not for sale, since I don't have the rights for some of the pictures. I hope the wonderful designers that I features in my book do not mind that I posted this on YouTube. If anyone has a problem, please scream, and I will take the video down.
The book is part of the series "A Character with Multiple Personalities," which always features glyphs that type designers get a little wild with! Enjoy the video below. Credit goes to Adrian Belew for the "Ampersand" song. Caution: addictive little song.