tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127478842802304833.post5665048515815383521..comments2024-02-09T20:16:46.896-06:00Comments on Res Obscura: "Why Does 'S' Look Like 'F'?": A Beginner's Guide to Reading Early Modern Texts Benjamin Breenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11900877607660032582noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127478842802304833.post-28318687753630521692014-04-03T09:50:00.544-06:002014-04-03T09:50:00.544-06:00Great post! Just found your site today. I really a...Great post! Just found your site today. I really appreciate an in-depth and informational style of posting, here. <br /><br />Sidenote: If it's handwritten/calligraphy it's not called a font. 'Style' or 'Hand' are better words. Font takes the meaning of the description from writing (individualistic according to personal style) into typesetting (automated and reproducible). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127478842802304833.post-81942097907377403612013-08-12T20:33:11.709-05:002013-08-12T20:33:11.709-05:00All right. I appreciate the trouble you went to.
...All right. I appreciate the trouble you went to.<br /><br />Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127478842802304833.post-63934602045974142442013-08-10T17:34:09.452-05:002013-08-10T17:34:09.452-05:00That's a good question, anonymous. I have to a...That's a good question, anonymous. I have to admit to going to relying on Wikipedia for this, so take it with a grain of salt, but it would appear that practices around when and where to use the long s evolved during the Carolingian period: in the 8th century, (says WIkipedia) "it was occasionally used at the end of a word, a practice which quickly died out but was occasionally revived in Italian printing between about 1465 and 1480. Thus the general rule that the long 's' never occurred at the end of a word is not strictly correct."Benjamin Breenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11900877607660032582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127478842802304833.post-86126290898693466922013-08-04T21:59:54.940-05:002013-08-04T21:59:54.940-05:00Thank you for an informative and well-done article...Thank you for an informative and well-done article.<br />As a side issue, can you tell me whether the use of the sigma and word-final sigma also derived from the Roman practice?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127478842802304833.post-81937267957627341042013-07-31T09:51:59.542-05:002013-07-31T09:51:59.542-05:00I spent a lot of time looking for a simple explana...I spent a lot of time looking for a simple explanation of the descending s. After failing in that endeavor, I googled it. <br /><br />Thank you for the valuable search term, however.John Ihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17504464158133804298noreply@blogger.com