Letter s · secretary hand
Split long s
Also called two-stroke long s, deconstructed s
Unit 2occasional
The head and the stem are written as two strokes that do not quite meet; can look like two letters.
Model letter
In practice lines
Every long s below was checked by hand. They are not yet sorted by form, so some show another long s.
Practice lines drawn in period hands
Don’t confuse it with
Practise this letter Unit 2 · Meet the long s
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