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8. In general, the "tall" s (that looks like f) is used at the beginning and in the middle

Sun Mar 14, 2021, 06:13 PM

Mar 2021

of a word, while the "short" s (that looks like s) is used at the end and after the "tall" f. But ff for ss is also common.

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The History of Four-footed Beasts and Serpents. [View all] Nevilledog Mar 2021 OP

i didn't see how old this book is .... HOW OLD IS IT? Trueblue1968 Mar 2021 #1

1658 (at the bottom of the frontispiece) hatrack Mar 2021 #2

This was published in 1658. Nevilledog Mar 2021 #3

Looks like it was printed in MDCLVIII Ponietz Mar 2021 #4

MDCLXIII 1658 Ilsa Mar 2021 #5

Simple.....f is s unless it's an f. Eafy! Nevilledog Mar 2021 #7

They had a system: dalton99a Mar 2021 #11

Look at the first image, and the very top of the second image ... Hugh_Lebowski Mar 2021 #12

The st is a ligature dalton99a Mar 2021 #14

Long s Celerity Mar 2021 #10

Marvellous. How did you come upon this? Hekate Mar 2021 #13

A tweet.....lol Nevilledog Mar 2021 #16