nPosted on September 8, 2020
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nWow, this is very cool!
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nChaz DeSimone is a graphic designer, a fellow who creates branding for companies. And he just happens to LOVE lettering and typography…and ampersands!
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nSo…you may not know what an ampersand is? It’s a symbol that means “and” – like the symbol incorporated in these logos:
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| H and B |
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| Cloth and Company |
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| Jones and Bowen |
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nDeSimone likes ampersands enough that he decided to create AmperArt, a collection of pictures that include an ampersand. Here is one example:
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nAnd he decided to call attention to his AmperArt collection by creating a special day called National Ampersand Day.
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nThis is the part I find so cool:
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nDeSimone chose September 8 for National Ampersand Day because, when he carefully chooses fonts, he can sub in ampersands for quite a few of the letters! Check it out:
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| The letters “P” and “M” and “R” are actual letters in Optima font, but all the other letters, and the number 8, are all created with ampersands! |
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nThe ampersand began, as so many parts of Western culture did, with the Ancient Romans. The word “and,” in Latin, was et, and scribes who were writing by hand everything that was ever written began to run the two letters together.
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nDo you ever use ampersands? You should, because (according to DeSimone) they’re fabulous & functional & fun!
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nAlso on this date:
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nnChild hero (and current activist) Ruby Bridges
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nIndependence Day in Macedonia
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nPoet Jack Prelutsky’s birthday
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nInternational Literacy Day
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nAnniversary of the completion of the Statue of David
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nAnniversary of the use of math to stop an epidemic
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nPremiere Day
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nNational Day in Andorra
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nBirthdays of artists in the so-called “crafts”
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nBirthday of author Jon Scieszka
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nAnts on a Log Day
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n(Second Tuesday in September)
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nPlan ahead:
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Check out my Pinterest boards for:
Check out my Pinterest boards for:
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nSeptember holidays
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nHistorical anniversaries in September
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nAnd here are my Pinterest boards for:
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