• 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