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nandemo
on June 23, 2010
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Oliver Byrne's edition of Euclid
It looks beautiful but the font is awkward to read. In particular "s" looks like an "f".
zbyszek
on June 23, 2010
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I used to have facsimile editions of Defoe's novels, replete with these long s's, and found that the unfamiliarity soon fades and you cease to notice them.
wyclif
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No, that's a long "s", not an "f":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_s
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