Sep 14, 2025
For my friends who like reading old documents and wanted to know more about the Long S (thing that looks like a f)
In print, it fell out of use in the last 18th/early 19th century. It lasted longer in handwriting from those who were taught long S (looking at you Ben)
In my many tumbles down the research rabbit hole, I have ended up in a number of manuscripts published in the 1700s and 1800s with which I h