Jérémy Garniaux · @jeremy
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The "&" logogram, called esperluette in french - & which I'm quite fond of - is called ampersand in english.

Its etymology is at least as poetic as the sign itself: ampersand means "and, per se, and".

Both its french and english Wikipedia pages are worth reading if you enjoy diving into the history of typography (caution, rabbit's hole):

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampersan

fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperlue

The attached image comes from the WP page. Ain't it beautiful?

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