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Why do publications pre 1800s use 'f' instead of 's'?

>> No.16275440

>not knowing the difference between f and ſ

>> No.16276074

those are S - I think they're called long Ss and it may have had something to do with the difficulty of manufacturing a letter for printing presses in that shape.

>> No.16276137

>>16275415
The long s in print was used at beginning of words and syllables, the short s at the end. It was most used in Germany, actually didnt know its a thing in England too, but at least here in Germany it was to make compund words more readable.

>> No.16276143

>>16276137
Also ss, st and sch use long s.

>> No.16276647

This always distracts me and makes to text sound like a lisping nerd with braces in my head

>> No.16276661

>>16276074
most texts I've seen it in also use a regular S sometimes

>> No.16277348

Long s. 'Normal' s only used at end of word (some divergences in usage). Like sigma with its terminal and non-terminal variants.

>> No.16277454

>>16276143
>ss
Thought that was 'ß'.

>> No.16277706

>>16275415

Fo that we can make Paradife Loft threadf which are funny.

>> No.16277714

>>16277706
Funny? I think the poem rather dark

>> No.16277722
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>>16276647
sssssstop!

>> No.16279029

>>16277454
According to wikipedia at least, there was trouble making a typeset for 'ß', so it was substituted as 'ss'. Makes sense, I think when German underwent that grammatical shakedown recently, 'ß' was introduced as the standard for a lot of words. I'm betting it had something to do with the advent of computer keyboards instead of printing presses.