MDMD(0): Sigmated Ampersand
Jeremy Osner
jeremy at xyris.com
Mon Jun 2 10:30:21 CDT 1997
jporter wrote:
> But the glorious symbol chosen for the cover seems to harken back to the
> Latin Epsilon of Et, the first letter of the latin *and*. It is a huge
> Gothickal Epsilon with a voraciously extending tongue, threatening to lick,
> to taste, and more than just taste, anything it can, frog-like, flick into
> its digestive apparatus.
>
Not sure, but I believe the ampersand on the cover is not just "E" but
"Et" ligated into one symbol. I think that tail to which you refer is
the t's cross.
Jeremy
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