I based the design of the glyph on Sabon. The specific font is Sabon Bold Italic. It is based on Garamond’s glyphs and its ampersand in bold italic features unique characteristics that differ greatly from the rest of the glyphs in the set. I believed this would be a great opportunity to create a new glyph for the ampersand inspired by the fonts’ strokes and serifs. My initial designs were disproportioned and offered too much contrast compared to Sabon’s weight. Considering Sabon is an old-style typeface, I had to reduce the contrast between the strokes and adjust the curves to flow more freely while also retaining the “ET” (both capital letters).