The long, medial or descending s (ſ)
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From: Suzanne S. Barnhill on 15 May 2010 14:51 No, they are not descending, but they are the type used in printed matter of the period. And they are not descending in any of the fonts Yves mentioned, either. I did miss that this character is also available in Times New Roman (didn't spot it in the Symbol dialog because it *isn't* descending). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "richard" <rmk(a)wonderland.net> wrote in message news:%23$vLwQF9KHA.4924(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > On 5/15/2010 12:53 PM, Yves Dhondt wrote: >> I'm guessing you mean unicode symbol 017F. In Word type 017F (select it) >> and press ALT+X. In Word 2007, Arial, Calibri, Comic, Courier and many >> other fonts contain this symbol. >> >> Yves >> >> "richard" <rmk(a)wonderland.net> wrote in message >> news:%23oudOKE9KHA.5808(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>> I need to insert into my document the old-fashioned letter "s" that >>> resembles an italicized "f" without the crossbar of the "f." I am >>> using Word 2007 and wonder how I can replicate that letter. [The long >>> "s" was used at the beginning and middle of words, as seen in the Bill >>> of Rights, for example] >>> >>> Thanks >> > > I installed Jeff's fonts but the "s's" were not descending. > Yves, thank you for your suggestion--it worked and solved my problem. How > in the world did you know that?! > Richard > |