@annika what in the goddamn? is this an actual thing people did/do??? i know that s used to look tall and not squiggly and this ligature would make sense in that case but surely people would've stopped when the letter looked more like its modern shape?
@LaserScheme wikipedia certainly doesn't have an explanation lmao https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligature_(writing)#Stylistic_ligatures