Meaning of long ess | Babel Free

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“Long ess, ſ, is used at the beginning or in the middle of a word or syllable;”

“There are also a few examples of books printed at around this time in which the long and short esses appear willy-nilly, due, no doubt, to an attempt to abandon the older usage, which partly failed due to carelessness, habit or lack of understanding on the part of the compositors involved.”

““Short esses” (s) appear at the end of words, and “long esses” are never used for an upper case S.”

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