Blackletter eszetts: one Textura style, one Schwabacher, and a cool “z”. In blackletter, this character often looked like a combination of a long “s” and a “z”. This perfectly evolved shape is found in many fonts today.Īlso around 500 years ago, blackletter was fashionable, following architectural styles. Italian writing masters like Arrighi, Tagliente and Palatino used this ligature in various styles: Arrighi, Tagliente, Palatino, five centuries ago. What does the lowercase German double‑s shape look like again? It exists in countless variations, let’s first find out why, before I focus on the new capital letter.Īround 500 years ago, the ligature of a long ſ and a short s was used in many Latin-script languages. The shape of the new 1E9E LATIN CAPITAL LETTER SHARP S
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