16 Jun
2023
16 Jun
'23
6:19 p.m.
On 16/06/23, Steve Nickolas wrote:
I've seen ß used in some copies of the Geneva
Bible with exactly the
modern German sense, as a ligature of long s and normal s.
There are two origins of this character. One ſs and one ſʒ.
You can see it here:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/Sz_modern.svg
1 and 2 are ſs, 3 and 4 are ſʒ
Now it gets even more off-topic (sorry):
My personal favourite (and the one I've adopted in my handwriting) is
the one used in Berlin street signs, obviously ſʒ:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Strasse-FF-Cst-Berlin.p…
Interestingly I've noticed the Bonn street signs look rather similar, maybe
it's a thing capitals do.
aap
