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In italic typeface, the derivation of esh (right) from long ess (left) is apparent.
Translingual
Alternative forms
The form varies between curvy: an 's' stretched vertically – and straight: a vertical line with a right hook at top and a left hook at bottom. The glyph in the box at right has an intermediate form.
Etymology
Introduced by Isaac Pitman in his 1847 Phonotypic Alphabet, based on the italic form of the long s (ſ).
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