Ampersands and I really do not get along. I find them to be the most challenging figure to form, and I spend whole sheets of paper practicing various ampersand styles, testing out my own, trying to perfect the form – and still have not found one that I’m comfortable placing amidst my calligraphy. 

Knowing of my personal struggle with ampersands, you can imagine my excitement upon discovering Sh*t [Ampersand] - a whole blog dedicated to the weirdest, ugliest and funniest ampersands ever created by a tortured typographer. The following are some recent personal favorites – click on each image to link to its original post at Sh*t&. 

The Dogwood

Studz

Own

Tagliente

What do you think? I, for one, am feeling much better about my struggle to master the ampersand.

Often, when we go to gallery openings or art events, people ask us if we’re Artists. We usually back into the title of “art lovers” – because that big A can be so intimidating, and we don’t want to be presumptive.

Going forward, when asked the question, I might opt to borrow a line from John Galliano instead.