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Long s examples
I'd like to make a long s list--I'm especially interested in words where the long s has been mistaken for a miniscule f.
Inspired by comments on the word fuch.
Compare wi...fuch, fmoke, Congrefs, blefs, long s, exifted, perfon, greateft, furrounding, goodnefs, pleafes, muft and 81 more...
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points, accents, and curious characters
terms for punctuation, accents, typography, etc.
guillemet, ellipsis, tilde, diaeresis, dieresis, umlaut, virgule, pilcrow, alinea, etc., hyphen, em dash and 16 more...
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mollusque's exact..., hernesheir's vari..., fields full of da..., broccoli, African violets, postcards, long s, minnows, clouds, you, crocus bulbs, yawning cats and 41 more...
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ruzuzu See comments on ſ. Sep 24, 2010
ruzuzu Wikipedia tells us the "long, medial or descending s (ſ) is a form of the minuscule letter s formerly used where s occurred in the middle or at the beginning of a word, for example ſinfulneſs ("sinfulness"). The modern letterform was called the terminal or short s."
It goes on to say the long s "is subject to confusion with the lower case or minuscule f, sometimes even having an f-like nub at its middle, but on the left side only, in various roman typefaces and in blackletter. There was no nub in its italic typeform, which gave the stroke a descender curling to the left—not possible with the other typeforms mentioned without kerning." Sep 24, 2010