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Re: Reviving an old project
The Latin Italic is very classy indeed!As for the Greek, I find the closed /theta/ and /phi/ a bit sterile in an Italic setting. I'd promote the open /theta/, closed /beta/, open /phi/, and poss…1 -
Re: Sharp S can appear at start of word
John, not only do none of those look remotely like an eszett, but they're horribly unsound constructions regardless of context. :s3 -
Re: Sharp S can appear at start of word
Poppycock! The uppercase of ſ looks like this: S. Remember that all of ſ, s, ß are derived from the vernacular form of the original Latin S, not the other way round. Talk about historical authenticit…3 -
Re: Sharp S can appear at start of word
There is no harm whatsoever in ß looking like a ſz or ſs ligature. Folk etymology or not, that's what it looks like nowadays, that's what its name says, that's what people often (and l…4 -
Re: Sharp S can appear at start of word
The «authentic» eszett looks like this: ß. What is the purpose of trying to predict the evolution of a letter when it has actually evolved and we know the result? What makes your theorycrafting more …3
