{"title":"Et ceteras","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"et-cetera-script-exotic-beautiful","title":"Et cetera - Script - \"Exotic, Beautiful\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis flowing enigmatic looking mark would have been easily recognized for what it represented back in the 1500s; a form of \"et cetera.\" Of course these characters were not used as large as shown here, but were rendered the same size as the caps. I like drawing these characters large, not only for the sake of display, but because I think they create beautiful graphics. I love this mark's self-contained design which I do find exotic, beautiful, and so on…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e~2010, Don Marsh~\u003cbr\u003e©2010 Don Marsh\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Don Marsh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42435463512158,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/7828\/2846\/files\/Et_cetera_Exotic_Beautiful__2010_Don_Marsh.jpg?v=1769971408"},{"product_id":"et-cetera-script","title":"Et cetera - Script","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMy own rendition of an abbreviation for \"etc,\" itself an abbreviation of \"et cetera.\" The \"\u0026amp;c.\" configuation was one of the most common ways of abbreviating the term for more than 400 years. The style is in an American Running Hand, circa 1850. The style is not Spencerian, but Spencer did utilize such configurations in his system just as all penmen (and typographers) did. I'm sharing this simply because I love the design's overall fluidity, and the way the hairlines of the two characters interact to create an optically cohesive graphic unit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e~2019, Don Marsh~\u003cbr\u003e©2019 Don Marsh\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Don Marsh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42435469115486,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/7828\/2846\/files\/Etcetera_Script__2019_Don_Marsh.jpg?v=1769972322"},{"product_id":"et-cetera-script-1","title":"Et cetera - Script","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMost people today would read this as an \"Er.\" But over 400 years ago it would have been read for what it is… an abbreviation of et cetera. The E character is obvious, while the t looks something like a 20th century form of script r due to the ligature descending from the end of the t's cross; the ligature then flows to the right creating an extra swash stroke. The swash termination is the indicator that ampersand is actually an \"etc.\" Such marks were common in writing for many centuries, finally fading from use around the mid-1800s. Though this early 1600s example is French the practice was used universally throughout Europe \u0026amp; England.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e~2016, Don Marsh~\u003cbr\u003e©2016 Don Marsh\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Don Marsh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42435470262366,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/7828\/2846\/files\/Etcetera_Script__2016_Don_Marsh.jpg?v=1769973033"},{"product_id":"et-cetera-martin-billingsley","title":"Et cetera - Martin Billingsley","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn etc. abbreviation used by Martin Billingsley, c. 1618. Producing the first copybook of the 17th century, Billingsley was one of the early English penmen. Though he wrote in the European styles of the time (he was especially known for his Italian hand), he laid the groundwork for others like Cocker and Snell who went on to produce English Roundhand, the classic business hand that would dominate the next 300 years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e~2011, Don Marsh~\u003cbr\u003e©2011 Don Marsh\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Don Marsh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42435479371870,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/7828\/2846\/files\/Etcetera_Martin_Billingsley__2011_Don_Marsh.jpg?v=1769974258"},{"product_id":"et-cetera-1560","title":"Et cetera - 1560","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLooking something like a mystical sigil, this is a rather exotic \"etc.\" found terminating a paragraph in a document from 1560. The \"Squiggle\" over the central character is a suspension mark to indicate there are letters missing; As if you need that tip! The \"c\" at the end shows the x-height.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e~2010, Don Marsh~\u003cbr\u003e©2010 Don Marsh\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Don Marsh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42435486679134,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/7828\/2846\/files\/Etcetera_1560__2010_Don_Marsh.jpg?v=1769974223"},{"product_id":"et-cetera-historic-uses","title":"Et cetera - Historic Uses","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs I've been showing from time to time, the term \"et cetera\" has been abbreviated in may unique and interesting ways before settling on the \"etc.\" version we know today. Rather than show sketches from my catalog, I thought this time I'd show some actual images. Here are 3 examples ranging from 1578 to 1702 written as we would use it today, however there is an additional mark above each which denotes \"this is an abbreviation\" of et cetera.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e~2010, Don Marsh~\u003cbr\u003e©2010\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Don Marsh\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Don Marsh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42435491004510,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/7828\/2846\/files\/Etcetera_Historic_Usage__2010_Don_Marsh_1ccefd8d-0f20-41b4-93d0-d7a3fa6828e6.jpg?v=1769974635"},{"product_id":"et-cetera-french-script","title":"Et cetera - French Script","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eA French Script et cetera.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e~2010, Don Marsh~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e©2010\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Don Marsh\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Don Marsh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42435492184158,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/7828\/2846\/files\/Etcetera_French_Script__2010_Don_Marsh.jpg?v=1769974998"},{"product_id":"et-cetera-mediaeval-style","title":"Et cetera - Mediaeval Style","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eThe curious mark that looks like an RC with a sea serpent over it is an abbreviation for \"et cetera.\" The form was used up through the 1500's. What looks like an \"R\" is actually an old form of et dating back to an older blackletter era. The C with a period denotes an abbreviation ( a system still used today). The \"sea serpent\" is a suspension mark indicating there are letters missing: etc [etera].\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e~2010, Don Marsh~\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e©2010\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Don Marsh\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Don Marsh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42435494510686,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/7828\/2846\/files\/Etcetera_Mediaeval_Style__2010_Don_Marsh.jpg?v=1769975306"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/7828\/2846\/collections\/Ampersand_Grace_Beauty_Flair_Sq_2010_Don_Marsh_57f06c57-61a5-4bdd-9782-1b3f49ee3af5.jpg?v=1769970624","url":"https:\/\/donmarsharchive.com\/collections\/etceteras.oembed","provider":"Don Marsh","version":"1.0","type":"link"}