New York Observer (6/2/97)

[Chris Sweet]

davemarc wrote:

> than "Mason and Dixon."  Mr. Pynchon, a kind of ampersand zealot, wanted
> one on the cover of his novel--and not just any ampersand, but a special,
> elusive ampersand that Ms. Jaramillo couldn't find.  So she kept looking.
> They had lengthy talks, she said, discussing details like "how far up the
> ligature of the ampersand the curlicue should go" before Mr. Pynchon
> finally found the one he was after, in a tawny old manuscript he'd come
> across in his research.  He photocopied it and sent it to Ms. Jaramillo,
> who made it the centerpiece of the cover design.  Mr. Pynchon
> enthusiastically approved.
> 

I'm not sure I would call it elusive. It's almost exactly like & in the
'goudy old style' font when in italic form. 

-chris