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by rembicilious 23 days ago
For me it iſ the old timey eſſ that iſ moſt diſracting.
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I'm slightly baffled it existed in the first place, considering they also used the small s, and it looks almost exactly like the f. To be fair, I am equally confused that so many modern typefaces don't distinguish I and l.
I ſuſpect the uſers of ye olde ſ were/are all liſping.
Yeah, why bother updating the diagrams but then do long s throughout?