Re: [asa] Wesley, Primitive Physic

Interesting .... but, um, does this really make things much better, or just
a little more bizarre?

On 3/12/07, Dick Fischer <dickfischer@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> I'm so relieved!
>
> Dick Fischer, Genesis Proclaimed Association
> Finding Harmony in Bible, Science, and History
> www.genesisproclaimed.org
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>
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> From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On
> Behalf Of Ted Davis
> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 9:14 AM
> To: asa@calvin.edu; janmatch@earthlink.net; Michael Roberts
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> Subject: [asa] Wesley, Primitive Physic
>
> This will be my final post on the Wesley thing.
>
> It's usually easy to tell whether one has an "s" or an "f". As I
> stated, I
> don't even notice the long "s" when I read a text, any more than readers
> of
> German even notice some of the typeography used in those works, once
> they
> get used to it. So I went back for one more look at my facsimile
> edition.
>
> I studied a lot of letters in this particular edition, and it seems that
> the printer had multiple characters for the long "s", somewhat depending
> on
> the size of the character used (ie, the font size). The smaller "s"
> italic
> type, which is used in this particular instance, has a half bar on it
> halfway up the letter, on the left side. In the "f" character, the bar
> goes
> all the way across. In the larger italic long "s," however, there is no
> bar
> at all. The latter is much easier to discern and results in no
> confusion.
> The smaller character, however, can be confusing. On the previous page,
> e.g., the word "frankincense" is written using both the "f" and the long
> "s"
> in smaller type, and you have to look at it closely to realize that the
> two
> letters are different: it's really quite a subtle difference. If the
> next
> letter is a "t," or even another long "s," you sometimes can't tell at
> all
> simply from the typeface--context has to help.
>
> Upon further examination and comparison, I would now say with confidence
> that Wesley said "suck". But it's easy in this case to see why someone
> might honestly misread what's written. If it were the larger typeface,
> no
> problem; but the smaller italic is very hard to discern.
>
> Ted
>
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Received on Mon Mar 12 12:20:04 2007