Re: Character identities

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From: <jameskass@att.net>
To: "John Hudson" <tiro@tiro.com>
Cc: "Otto Stolz" <Otto.Stolz@uni-konstanz.de>; <unicode@unicode.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 8:44 PM
Subject: Re: Character identities

> Looking at a Fraktur book published in 1917, which is neither English
> nor German, use of the long "s" appears almost whimsical. Words like
> "historie" and "utgivelse" use the long "s", while words like
> "oplysninger" and "ensformig" use the final "s" medially. (The title
> of the book is "En norsk bygds historie".)

"S" is the firſt letter of a ſyllable in words ſuch at "hiſtorie" and
"utgivelſe," but the laſt in words ſuch as "oplysninger" and "ensformig."

Stefan

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