The long, medial or descending s (ſ)
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From: richard on 15 May 2010 11:23 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
From: Suzanne S. Barnhill on 15 May 2010 11:38 The long and short of it is that you will have to find a font that contains this character. Googling for "long s font," I find http://desktoppub.about.com/library/fonts/dd/uc_jslancient.htm (free; see also http://shipbrook.com/jeff/typograf.html) and a discussion of fonts that include it at http://typophile.com/node/38009. You can also check out the other links in that search, but if you want an antique look, I think Jeff's JSL Ancient font looks pretty promising (includes an italic variant). -- 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:%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 >
From: Yves Dhondt on 15 May 2010 12:53 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
From: richard on 15 May 2010 13:29 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
From: Yves Dhondt on 15 May 2010 14:13
Glad it helped. If you know the name of the symbol, a Google search of the name in combination with the keyword "unicode" will often provide you with some links to the actual code for the symbol. If you don't have the name of the symbol (which is commonly the case for questions in this group), it comes down to trying to figure out to which subsection of the unicode charts it belongs, and then checking them page by page. Yves "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 |