A snazzy italic double-s ligature (like a German Eszett) in a 1658 publisher's ad. (Browne, Urn-Burial)pic.twitter.com/jFGcylkCHl
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A bit out of my depth. I will say that I was under the impression that double s was usually one long one short.
Which would mean that the ligature in Presse is that ligature, sort-of-but-not-really an eszett.
All the sources I'm seeing say short ess at the end of a word, long ess everywhere else.
And Moxon's composing table layout includes a ligature for double-long-ess, but not for long-short.
This 1701 book on spelling appears to use both ligatures. https://books.google.com/books?id=52hZAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22silent%20e%22&pg=PA104#v=onepage&q&f=false …
There seems to be some clear and obvious system to this usage, which is entirely beyond my comprehension.
I also see that he missed the ff ligature in Affinity, but may have used a ligature for "Mr".
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