one typist in the 21st century

Sunday, September 27, 2020
Friday, September 25, 2020
Figuring out Fraktur
(We're still waiting for part 2, Will.)


This text illustrates the long s in older English printing, as in beſt. Our familiar s is used at the end of words, as in Labours. This text also illustrates some ligatures: ſt in beſt, and what is supposed to be ſi in Indiſpoſition, but seems to be an fi (f i) ligature by mistake. An ſi ligature looks like this:
The 1928 RaRo (Ransmayer & Rodrian) type catalogue offers no fewer than seven "Fraktur and Gothic" typefaces.
The first style (42) is the one on my machine, and I believe it is found much more frequently than the others.
Fraktur
Blackletter
Long s
Ligatures
Eszett (ß)
Monday, September 21, 2020
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