{"id":6169,"date":"2012-12-09T11:48:25","date_gmt":"2012-12-09T16:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/365sketches.org\/?p=5059"},"modified":"2020-07-11T16:28:11","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T20:28:11","slug":"20121209-a-stylized-ampersand-made-of-circles-by-john-lemasney-via-365sketches-org-design-typography-creativecommons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2012\/12\/09\/20121209-a-stylized-ampersand-made-of-circles-by-john-lemasney-via-365sketches-org-design-typography-creativecommons\/","title":{"rendered":"20121209: A stylized ampersand made of circles by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #typography #creativecommons"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5060\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"20121209: A stylized ampersand made of circles by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #typography #creativecommons\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/20111209.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5060\" data-attachment-id=\"5060\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2010\/04\/23\/bubbles-texture-cc-lemasney\/20100423bubbles0\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/20100423bubbles0.png?fit=496%2C496&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"496,496\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bubbles texture cc-by lemasney\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Bubbles texture cc-by lemasney&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Bubbles texture cc-by lemasney&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/20100423bubbles0.png?fit=496%2C496&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-5060 \" alt=\"20121209: A stylized ampersand made of circles by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #typography #creativecommons\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/20111209.png?w=700&#038;ssl=1\"  \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5060\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">20121209: A stylized ampersand made of circles by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #typography #creativecommons<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ampersands (&amp;) are a beautiful <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Typography\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Typography\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia noopener noreferrer\">typographic<\/a> creation. I found out last year that ampersands combine\u00a0the letters e and t, or &#8220;et&#8221;, which is &#8220;and&#8221; in French. I wanted to show the symbol in a sensual, undulating form.<\/p>\n<p>ampersand, typography, and, et, design, drawing, symbols, lemasney, open source, <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Inkscape\" href=\"https:\/\/inkscape.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage noopener noreferrer\">Inkscape<\/a>, illustration<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size:1em;\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2012\/11\/22\/20121122-sliced-by-john-lemasney-via-365sketches-org-cc-design-typography\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">20121122: Sliced by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #typography<\/a> (365sketches.org)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2012\/12\/04\/20121204-swirl-a-typographic-flourish-by-john-lemasney-via-365sketches-org-cc-design-typography\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">20121204: Swirl, a typographic flourish by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #typography<\/a> (365sketches.org)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2012\/12\/06\/20121206-a-portrait-of-richard-stallmans-face-in-ascii-text-binary-code-by-john-lemasney-via-365sketches-org-opensource-creativecommons-design\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">20121206: A portrait of Richard Stallman&#8217;s face in ascii text binary code by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #opensource #creativecommons #design<\/a> (365sketches.org)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ampersands (&amp;) are a beautiful typographic creation. I found out last year that ampersands combine\u00a0the letters e and t, or &#8220;et&#8221;, which is &#8220;and&#8221; in French. 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