Et cetera, abbreviated to etc. or et cet., is a Latin expression that is used in English to mean "and all the rest". The ampersand "&" is a ligature of "et", thus it can also be abbreviated &c.. Trans
The &c (et ceterarum, "Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland and another") shows that Oliver Cromwell did not renounce the English claims on France
In writing and typography, a ligature is the combination of two or more graphemes or letters into one glyph. Common examples include:
Et cetera
…English: , Latin: ), abbreviated to etc. or et cet., is a Latin expression that is used in English to mean "and all the rest". The ampersand "&" is a ligature of "et", thus it can also be abbreviated &c. . Translated literally from Latin, et can mean 'and', while cētĕra can mean 'the rest'; thus, the expression…
Wood type sorts with ligatures of (from left to right) ⟨fl⟩, ⟨ft⟩, ⟨ff⟩, ⟨fi⟩; in 20 Cicero = 240 Didot points ≈ 90.2328 mm (typeface Futura bold condensed)
A widely used Th ligature in a handwriting-style typeface
Original program for Die Zauberflöte with an fl ligature
Capilla de San José, Sevilla. Several ligatures, except cypher, monogram and Signum manus motifs in the top (a Christogram, the Auspice Maria, and one for Saint Joseph).