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The ampersand symbol is a ligature. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthographic_ligature https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthographic_ligature
by stuartd 5y ago
The ampersand symbol is a ligature.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthographic_ligature https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthographic_ligature
- dls2016 5y agoHow did I never learn this?
- michaelcampbell 5y agoYou never learned anything, until you did; like this =D
- mistersquid 5y ago> The ampersand symbol is a ligature. Nice one. Never knew this either. Small clarification/update. The ampersand symbol is in the process of becoming something other than a ligature, specifically: > The ampersand comes in many different forms. Because of its ubiquity, it is generally no longer considered a ligature, but a logogram.