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(Teuthonista)Used in digraphs to indicate sibilants between lenis (voiced) [s] and fortis [ſ], the latter of which takes a descending tail like ʃ in italic typeface.
Usage notes
Baseline esh and standard long S in italic typeface.
This symbol contrasts with normal ſ in not having a descender in italic typeface. Not all sources use it; some restrict themselves to diacritics on ⟨s⟩ and ⟨ſ ⟩ (IPA and ) for the distinction, or use the alternative series ⟨z s σ ß⟩ (IPA ).
A similar distinction is made between tailless ꬵ and normal f.
