• Skullgrid@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    ok, but how would it be read? is the actual correct version Progreſ the way I think it should be?

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      8 months ago

      It’s a stylistic thing, it’s no different from a standard S. The opening of the US Bill of Rights is written the same way

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        8 months ago

        The opening of the US Bill of Rights is written the same way

        Congreſs of the united states

        bloody hell. So… back in the day was the rule to use ſs instead of ss ? I always assumed ſ was just eszett/ß