Like many other ligatures, it has at times been considered a letter (e.g., in early Modern English); in English it is pronounced "and", not "et", except in the case of "&c", pronounced "et cetera". In most fonts, it does not immediately resemble the two letters used to form it, although certain typefaces use designs in the form of a ligature (examples including the original versions of Futura and Univers, Trebuchet MS, and Civilité (known in modern times as the italic of Garamond).