I always heard this called a "leading s".  Maybe there is a more formal name
for it?

Sarah Andrews
Woodrow Wilson House

-----Original Message-----
From: Christine Dwyer [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 3:44 PM
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Subject: manuscript question


Okay -- I'm having a brain cramp, so someone please help me out.

I am translating some 19th c. French docs, and cannot think of the name for
the script symbol that looks like an "f," but it is an "s."  (i.e., "sifter"
rather than "sister") There is a name for this, but darned if I can think of
it...  Thanks!


Christine M. Dwyer
Stanly County Museum & Historic Preservation Commission

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