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Nice 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 purel
by thrance 2y ago
Nice 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