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rhdunn | 8 days ago

The text doesn't use an `f`. If you copy from e.g. the 1700 passage you get `ſ` not `f`.

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poly2it|8 days ago

Probably people are confused by ligatures. Indeed it is a long S.

KPGv2|8 days ago

This is correct. And if you don't like that font's long-s, you can fix it with

document.body.style.fontFamily = "Baskerville";

Baskerville has a nice long-s. TNR is also not bad. Garamond is passable.

bryanrasmussen|8 days ago

thanks for the Baskerville recommendation.

on edit: liked the Garamond better, since the font is a bit thicker, checked it on "ſpake" and was obviously a long S whereas on the thinner Baskerville still looked like an f to me. Although the original text was perhaps too thick for me.

bryanrasmussen|8 days ago

hmm you're right, I guess my eyesight is worse than I thought