top | item 47104380 (no title) 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`. discuss order hn newest 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 withdocument.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
KPGv2|8 days ago This is correct. And if you don't like that font's long-s, you can fix it withdocument.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 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.
poly2it|8 days ago
KPGv2|8 days ago
document.body.style.fontFamily = "Baskerville";
Baskerville has a nice long-s. TNR is also not bad. Garamond is passable.
bryanrasmussen|8 days ago
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