I took over editing the PCBA Ampersand in the fall of 2004. The first issue was a book arts resource guide, and was put together by me and my friend Cathy. We had a lot of fun with the layout. In particular, with the back cover, where we did a shaped ampersand filled with “An esoteric list of still more books to consider—for their beauty, for instruction, for inspiration, for fun.” That’s the result below, and I’ve put this list in a more readable form here.
I stumbled across this the other day, when I was dusting the shelf holding my copies of Ampersand. I’d completely forgotten how I did this in InDesign. It’s 10 years later, and my InDesign/Illustrator/Photoshop skills are markedly better. After a while I found myself fooling around with a shaped poster that was all about ampersands. The result is the second photo below. You can see more pictures, as well as one with black instead of white text here.
