Long S
The long, medial or descending s (ſ) is a form of the minuscule letter s formerly used where s occurred in the middle or at the beginning of a word, for example "ſinfulneſs" ("sinfulness"). The modern letterform was called the terminal, round, or short s.
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Famous quotes related to long s:
“The fact is the sweetest dream that labor knows.
My long scythe whispered and left the hay to make.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)