Template:Long s/doc

Usage

 * ls redirects here. Use this shorter form of the template if you prefer.

This template is for displaying the HTML entity for the long 's', unicode characters U+017F and U+0283: &#x17F; and &#x283;.

gives a standard long s (&thinsp;&#x17F;&thinsp;) in the page namespace, and the standard letter s in the main namespace.

gives a descending long s (&thinsp;&#x283;&thinsp;) in the page namespace, and the standard letter s in the main namespace.

Main namespace
As noted above, the special s characters appear only in the page namespace, while the standard letter s appears in the main namespace. This can be changed by adding two lines to your CSS, in which case the special s characters will appear in the main namespace:

.selective-replace-archaic-typography-1{ display: inline !important; } .selective-replace-archaic-typography-2{ display: none  !important; }

For more on this functionality, see Template:Custom substitution.