Ampersands With Attitude
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/08/15/ampersands-with-attitude/

Smashing
2008

Abstract:

Ampersands have long been the character in a typeface with which typographers can indulge themselves. Sweeping curves, flirtatious finishes and bold statements – these are the things that make ampersands an exciting character to use and, better still, to design. There are, however, two problems.