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Personally, I really wish þat we'd bring back 'þ' instead of 'th' (there's no real need for 'ð', since originally one is a rune and one is a variation on a Roma
by zeveb 10y ago
Personally, I really wish þat we'd bring back 'þ' instead of 'th' (there's no real need for 'ð', since originally one is a rune and one is a variation on a Roman character, but if we wanted then we could use 'þ' for soft 'th' & ð for hard 'th').
I'm not terribly keen on reſtoring 'ſ', ſince it really is eaſy to confuſe for 'f.'
Given our modern orthography, I don't see any real need for 'ȝ' & 'æ,' as much as I like them both.
But honestly, 'þ' really ought to make a comeback.
- amyjess 10y agoI just want to see the use of diaereses come back for words like coöperate and reënter. > I'm not terribly keen on reſtoring 'ſ', ſince it really is eaſy to confuſe for 'f.' Depends on the font, really. It looks great in italics, especially when using a font that gives it a descender... looks more like the integral symbol than 'f'. It irks me, though, when fonts give ſ a half-crossbar in the roman. Fortunately, the monospace font I'm using when writing this reply doesn't do that, and it also gives ſ a sharper curve at the top left, so ſ and f look pretty distinct in it. I want the ſt ligature to come back, though. It looks really slick.
- dragonwriter 10y ago> It looks great in italics, especially when using a font that gives it a descender... looks more like the integral symbol than 'f'. It looks like the integral symbol for much the same reason uppercase sigma looks like the sum symbol.