The story of Font: & A Brief History and Its Application in Design

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& It is a very unique character. When designing this character, font designers often have little knowledge about the background of this symbol. In fact, & has a long and interesting history. This article introduces the origin, significance, its development, and its application in design.

& Brief History

The earliest history of Character & can be traced back to the first century of A. D., the earliest was the link of the Latin et. The earliest & like E and T
With the development of printing technology, this symbol gradually forms its own style and leaves its original shadow. Is the process of Character Evolution, where 1 is more like its original concatenation representation, 2
And 3 developed in the 4th century, 4 to 6 developed in the 9th century. Modern & basically preserved the appearance of & in the 9th century.

Italics & are the later forms of concatenation of E and T. They also exist in modern fonts. They are the product of the curve fonts in the Renaissance and look more beautiful. The word "ampersand" was added to the dictionary for the first time in 1837. it is"And, per se and
. & Contains any Roman font and is frequently used in modern Chinese.

In the modern era, it is widely used. In text messages and Twitter, & is used to replace the word "and" in programming languages (such as MySQL, C and C ++, XML, in SGML, and basic), it means "and ".

 

Ampersand flag

Initially, & represents the concatenation of E and T in the logo. Our common standard & writing was developed from the carolignian period, which is included in various modern fonts.

Andale mono font-traditional sans serif Style

 

Apple Chancery font-better serif Style

 

Kingthings petrock font-Gothic style

 

Other common & italics:

Monotype corsiva font-traditional handwriting style

 

Scriptina font-less formal handwriting style

 

Aller dispay-modern sans serif Style

 

Hill House-Craftsman style

 

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Some Web security fonts are well designed:

The Arial-Arial font contains a basic sans serif Style &

 

Georgia-traditional serif Style

 

Helvetica
-In Helvetica, & is an improved version of Arial

 

Palatino-another very traditional style

 

Times New Roman-with a dignified sensation

 

Verdana-chubby, founder

 

Trebuchet MS-unique italic in Web security fonts &

 

 

& Application in Design

Some designers have a certain kind of emotion and some people blog for it.
Someone uses it to design a T-shirt, and some people print it on their bodies. Below are some examples in real life:

 

Use in Design &

Whether it's web design or graphic design, it will add some taste and feeling in your design, and it will bring people an impression of graphics. Italics & looks more formal and elegant, adding elegance to your design. The following are some fonts that can be used in design:

Italic ampersands

Lucida handwriting

Papyrus

Windsong

Goudy bookletter 1911

Bernhard modern

Caviar dreams

Carolignian ampersands

Lithos pro

Tahoma

Optima

American typewriter

Regency script

Additional reading

• Font story
  : Comic Sans
• Font story
  Note: Arial is everywhere.
• Font story
  Interview with Museo font designers

Source: http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2010/01/the-history-of-the-ampersand-and-showcase/

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