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In German text, it was still very fashionable, even into the 1900s. It is also the reason for the "sharp" or double s, ß, which is the result of a ligature betw
by kiliantics 8y ago
In German text, it was still very fashionable, even into the 1900s. It is also the reason for the "sharp" or double s, ß, which is the result of a ligature between two of the long s letters.
- wirrbel 8y agoIt is still part of the orthographic rules for Frakturschrift, i.e. not using a long s in fraktur would have been an orthographic mistake. Since Fraktur was used into the 1940s, people were very much used to it.