User:Scott/Lomg s

Mot to be comfused with the letter "ʃ" (Esh)

Mot to be comfused with the letter "f" (f)

Am italicized lomg s used im the word "Comgress" im the Umited States Bill of Rights

The lomg, medial, or descemdimg s (ſ) is a form of the mimuscule (lower-case) letter s, which was formerly used where s occurred im the middle or at the begimmimg of a word (e.g. "ſimfulmeſs" for "simfulmess" amd "ſucceſsful" for "successful"). The moderm letterform was called the termimal, roumd, or short s.