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The Elements of Euclid
- thrance 2y agoNice project, but usage of the long s "ſ" makes this somewhat unpleasant to go through. Also it's a medieval character, Euclid didn't know of it, so is it purely to decorate the text? To make it feel more ancient?
- intalentive 2y agoThe long s is preſtigious. But if you don't like it, it looks like you can switch to "Modern English" at the upper right.
- thrance 2y agoGood catch! But now there's a weird ligarure between "s" and "t".
- jhbadger 2y agoThis is based on Byrne's famous translation/illustration of Euclid published in the 1840s, which did use the long s (although it was beginning to fall out of favor even then) See this example page from the book https://www.mccunecollection.org/gems https://www.mccunecollection.org/gems
- intalentive 2y agoLovely site, thanks for sharing. Much nicer to look at than my beat up old Dover edition.
- hawksprite 2y agoThis is very beautiful. Your other projects are inspiring as well. Thank you so much for sharing.
- lern_too_spel 2y agoWhile Byrne's is beautiful, I prefer having the cross-references and additional analysis of http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/java/elements/bookI/propI1.html http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/java/elements/bookI/propI1.....
- LordGronk 2y agoI would love to someday see a version of this or a hardcopy of Byrne’s version but with the original greek text and a modern apparatus criticus.
- woolion 2y agoPrevious discussions 2023 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37550846 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37550846 2018 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18697567 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18697567 And another approach, Fancy Euclid's “Elements” in TeX 2019 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20019616 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20019616