Ampersand

Ya Sam takoitov at hotmail.com
Wed Aug 9 06:14:13 CDT 2006


Yes, that's it! Thank you very much!
Interesting though whether it was originally Pynchon's idea to have that 
kind of ampersand or a later development by the book designer?


>From: "Tore Rye Andersen" <torerye at hotmail.com>
>To: takoitov at hotmail.com, pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: RE: Ampersand
>Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2006 13:07:51 +0200
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>Hello - I'm new to this list (but not new to Pynchon, whom I've been 
>reading avidly for the last 13 years). Anyway, a little ampersand 
>assistance from this newcomer: A Palatino (in italic) will get you the 
>desired results. Mason & Dixon, by the way, is set in Bodoni, which does 
>not have the beautiful ampersand.
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>From:  "Ya Sam" <takoitov at hotmail.com>
>To:  pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject:  Ampersand
>Date:  Wed, 09 Aug 2006 13:27:37 +0300
> >A request from the font-illiterate, could you guys tell me which
> >font to use in order to have the ampersand not like this '&', but
> >the way it is on the cover of Mason & Dixon?
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