{"id":7283,"date":"2014-02-09T10:00:19","date_gmt":"2014-02-09T15:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/?p=7283"},"modified":"2025-11-14T22:37:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T03:37:09","slug":"40-365-ampersand-greater-modified-typography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2014\/02\/09\/40-365-ampersand-greater-modified-typography\/","title":{"rendered":"40 of 365: Ampersand Greater Than modified typography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, I decided to use <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Inkscape\" href=\"https:\/\/inkscape.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage noopener noreferrer\">Inkscape<\/a> to play with type. When you type less than three (&lt;3), you are expressing an emoticon for love, symbolized by a heart. It&#8217;s a straightforward, easy-to-use\u00a0symbol. Two close friends or sweethearts might use it in SMS to express a little love.<\/p>\n<h2>Ampersand Greater Than (&amp;&gt;)<\/h2>\n<p>Melissa Brisbin and I have used an alternative to less than three to express not only that we are good friends, but that we exchange and share value in technology, libraries, and related interests. \u00a0Ampersand greater than (&amp;&gt;) resembles a heart too, but indicates a togetherness, a bond. When we type it to each other, it&#8217;s a little reminder of our history. In honor of her birthday yesterday, I decided to work on the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Ampersand\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ampersand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia noopener noreferrer\">ampersand<\/a> greater than as a typography muse.<\/p>\n<p>I started by going through my font catalog and pulling out all the fonts that had interesting ampersand and greater than symbols.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7284\" style=\"width: 364px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Ampersand-Greater-Than-Font-Study-0.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7284\" data-attachment-id=\"7284\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2014\/02\/09\/40-365-ampersand-greater-modified-typography\/ampersand-greater-than-font-study-0\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Ampersand-Greater-Than-Font-Study-0.png?fit=354%2C408&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"354,408\" 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=\"40 of 365: Ampersand Greater Than Font Study by John LeMasney via lemasney.com\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;40 of 365: Ampersand Greater Than Font Study by John LeMasney via lemasney.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;40 of 365: Ampersand Greater Than Font Study by John LeMasney via lemasney.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Ampersand-Greater-Than-Font-Study-0.png?fit=354%2C408&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7284\" alt=\"40 of 365: Ampersand Greater Than Font Study by John LeMasney via lemasney.com\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Ampersand-Greater-Than-Font-Study-0.png?resize=354%2C408&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"354\" height=\"408\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7284\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">40 of 365: Ampersand <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Inequality (mathematics)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Inequality_%28mathematics%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia noopener noreferrer\">Greater Than<\/a> Font Study by John LeMasney via lemasney.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Then I began pulling out the best combinations, angling the symbols, pulling them together into a single flowing shape.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7286\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Ampersand-Greater-Than-Font-Study.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7286\" data-attachment-id=\"7286\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2014\/02\/09\/40-365-ampersand-greater-modified-typography\/ampersand-greater-than-font-study\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Ampersand-Greater-Than-Font-Study.png?fit=1000%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,600\" 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=\"40 of 365: Ampersand Greater Than Font Study by John LeMasney via lemasney.com\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;40 of 365: Ampersand Greater Than Font Study by John LeMasney via lemasney.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;40 of 365: Ampersand Greater Than Font Study by John LeMasney via lemasney.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Ampersand-Greater-Than-Font-Study.png?fit=1000%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7286 \" title=\"40 of 365: Ampersand Greater Than Font Study by John LeMasney via lemasney.com\" alt=\"40 of 365: Ampersand Greater Than Font Study by John LeMasney via lemasney.com\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Ampersand-Greater-Than-Font-Study.png?resize=500%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Ampersand-Greater-Than-Font-Study.png?resize=500%2C300&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Ampersand-Greater-Than-Font-Study.png?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7286\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">40 of 365: Ampersand Greater Than Font Study by John LeMasney via lemasney.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Finally, I went back in and tweaked the finest points of the combinations. This was my result: nearly the final set.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7285\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Ampersand-Greater-Than-Font-Study-2.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7285\" data-attachment-id=\"7285\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2014\/02\/09\/40-365-ampersand-greater-modified-typography\/ampersand-greater-than-font-study-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Ampersand-Greater-Than-Font-Study-2.png?fit=1000%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,600\" 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=\"40 of 365: Ampersand Greater Than Font Study by John LeMasney via lemasney.com\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;40 of 365: Ampersand Greater Than Font Study by John LeMasney via lemasney.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;40 of 365: Ampersand Greater Than Font Study by John LeMasney via lemasney.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Ampersand-Greater-Than-Font-Study-2.png?fit=1000%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7285\" alt=\"40 of 365: Ampersand Greater Than Font Study by John LeMasney via lemasney.com\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Ampersand-Greater-Than-Font-Study-2.png?resize=500%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Ampersand-Greater-Than-Font-Study-2.png?resize=500%2C300&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Ampersand-Greater-Than-Font-Study-2.png?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7285\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">40 of 365: Ampersand Greater Than Font Study by John LeMasney via lemasney.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And today, I decided to add some color, along with final tweaks to the pieces.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7297\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Ampersand-Greater-Than-Font-Study-3.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7297\" data-attachment-id=\"7297\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2014\/02\/09\/40-365-ampersand-greater-modified-typography\/ampersand-greater-than-font-study-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Ampersand-Greater-Than-Font-Study-3.png?fit=1000%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,600\" 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=\"Ampersand Greater Than Font Study by John LeMasney via lemasney.com\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Ampersand Greater Than Font Study by John LeMasney via lemasney.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Ampersand Greater Than Font Study by John LeMasney via lemasney.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Ampersand-Greater-Than-Font-Study-3.png?fit=1000%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7297\" alt=\"Ampersand Greater Than Font Study by John LeMasney via lemasney.com\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Ampersand-Greater-Than-Font-Study-3.png?resize=1000%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Ampersand-Greater-Than-Font-Study-3.png?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Ampersand-Greater-Than-Font-Study-3.png?resize=500%2C300&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7297\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ampersand Greater Than Font Study by John LeMasney via lemasney.com<\/p><\/div>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\" style=\"margin: 0; padding: 0; overflow: hidden;\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: 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lemasney.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 84px; font-size: 11px; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px;\"><a style=\"box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; padding: 2px; display: block; border-radius: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2014\/02\/01\/32-365-designing-logo-tame-web-michael-stephens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; border: 0; display: block; width: 80px; max-width: 100%;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/244508375_80_805.jpg?w=1170&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/a><a style=\"display: block; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 12pt; height: 80px; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px;\" 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When you type less than three (&lt;3), you are expressing an emoticon for love, symbolized by a heart. It&#8217;s a straightforward, easy-to-use\u00a0symbol. Two close friends or sweethearts might use it in SMS to express a little love. Ampersand Greater Than (&amp;&gt;) Melissa Brisbin and I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,7,18,3659,1128,3653,3070,17,3654,21,23,29,31,32,5,36],"tags":[310,363,365,411,3870,854],"class_list":{"0":"post-7283","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brand","8":"category-consulting","9":"category-cv","10":"category-design-principles","11":"category-illustration","12":"category-insights","13":"category-open-source-consulting","14":"category-photography","15":"category-portfolio","16":"category-professional-activities","17":"category-professional-experience","18":"category-research-interests","19":"category-teaching","20":"category-teaching-experience","21":"category-technology","22":"category-workshops","23":"tag-font","24":"tag-graphic-design","25":"tag-graphics","26":"tag-inkscape","27":"tag-john-lemasney","28":"tag-typography","29":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Ampersand-Greater-Than-Font-Study-3.png?fit=1000%2C600&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3h6y2-1Tt","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6169,"url":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2012\/12\/09\/20121209-a-stylized-ampersand-made-of-circles-by-john-lemasney-via-365sketches-org-design-typography-creativecommons\/","url_meta":{"origin":7283,"position":0},"title":"20121209: A stylized ampersand made of circles by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #typography #creativecommons","author":"lemsy","date":"2012-12-09","format":false,"excerpt":"Ampersands (&) are a beautiful typographic creation. I found out last year that ampersands combine\u00a0the letters e and t, or \"et\", which is \"and\" in French. I wanted to show the symbol in a sensual, undulating form. ampersand, typography, and, et, design, drawing, symbols, lemasney, open source, Inkscape, illustration Related\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Illustration&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Illustration","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/category\/portfolio\/illustration\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"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?fit=700%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/20111209.png?fit=700%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/20111209.png?fit=700%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/20111209.png?fit=700%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":862,"url":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2012\/06\/05\/lilrc-workshop-hands-on-inkscape\/","url_meta":{"origin":7283,"position":1},"title":"LILRC: Workshop &#8211; Hands-on Inkscape","author":"lemsy","date":"2012-06-05","format":false,"excerpt":"On June 4th, 2012, I gave a long session on using Inkscape in-depth to the Long Island Library Regional Consortium. We discussed bitmap versus vector images, and introduced all of Inkscape's main tools, then ran through recreating an illustration. 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