The ampersand, also known as the and sign, is the logogram , representing the conjunction "and". It originated as a ligature of the word (Latin for ).
Key facts
- Grapheme.letter
- &
- Grapheme.imagesize
- 200px
- Grapheme.imagealt
- Variations of the Ampersand in different fonts.
- Grapheme.script
- Latin script
- Grapheme.type
- Logographic
- Grapheme.typedesc
- and Ideographic
- Grapheme.language
- Latin language
- Grapheme.unicode
- U+0026
- Grapheme.alphanumber
- (27)
- Grapheme.fam1
- 𐌄𐌕
- Grapheme.fam2
- ET
- Grapheme.fam3
- et
- Grapheme.fam4
- class=skin-invert-image|20px|ɛt (Some modern fonts, like Trebuchet MS, employ ampersand characters that reveal its origin)
- Grapheme.fam5
- class=skin-invert-image|20px|eτ
- Grapheme.fam6
- class=skin-invert-image|20px|& (italic, 1735)
- Grapheme.fam7
- class=skin-invert-image|20px|& in modern handwriting
- Grapheme.usageperiod
- to present
- Grapheme.children
- ⅋
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16 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Similar characters
- Writing the ampersand
- Usage
- Computing
- Encoding and display
- Programming languages
- Text markup
- Unix shells
- Web standards
- Typeface samples
- Notes
- See also
- References
- External links
The ampersand, also known as the and sign, is the logogram , representing the conjunction "and". It originated as a ligature of the word (Latin for ).
==Etymology==