Origins of Some Rarer Typographic Characters
A neat history of a few different characters, like the Section Sign, Asterisk, Hedera, and Pilcrow. Pictured is the ampersand, whose origins are a little more clear-cut than some:
As with the pilcrow, the ampersand has Latin roots. Originally a shorthand mark for et, Latin for and, the ampersand has a very traceable and visible evolution. Simply put, the & is not much more than e and t coming together.
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October 15th, 2008