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I found it very interesting to see how the 'ſ' directly followed by a 's' were combined into the ligurature 'ß'. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ß http://en.wikip
by Luyt 16y ago
I found it very interesting to see how the 'ſ' directly followed by a 's' were combined into the ligurature 'ß'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ß http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ß
- guns 16y agoAgreed. It's particularly evident here: http://www.babelstone.co.uk/Blog/Images/Micrographia.jpg http://www.babelstone.co.uk/Blog/Images/Micrographia.jpg Understanding that `fs' was mostly a typographical device for adding more flair to a line certainly makes the German deprecation of the `ß' in favor of `ss' more palatable.
- Groxx 16y ago>Not to be confused with its capital form, ẞ, the Latin letter B, or the Greek letter β (beta). I know I won't, now that I've been warned.