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[–] 5ibelius9insterberg@feddit.org 12 points 2 days ago

Some of the rules for the use of the long s from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_s

Long s was always used (ſong, ſubſtitute), except:

  • Upper-case letters are always the round S; there is no upper-case long s.
  • A round s was always used at the end of a word ending with ⟨s⟩: his, complains, ſucceſs
    • However, long s was maintained in abbreviations such as ſ. for ſubſtantive(substantive), and Geneſ. for Geneſis(Genesis).
  • Before an apostrophe (indicating an omitted letter), a round s was used: us'd and clos'd.
  • Before or after an f, a round s was used: offset, ſatisfaction.