US Constitution for sale

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wikipedia pointed me to

which has a diagram pointing out the subtle differences between Justin Howes (ITC) and Carol Twombley’s (Adobe) interpretations.

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And almost none of the ones I have visited have. They’re usually put on by state museums here in Europe. Which supports @Mindysan33’s argument that at the very least another system is possible.

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It’s a lot of money for a bit of paper mind. You could buy at least 3 actual congressmen for $165,000.

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The “long s” is not something exclusive to that font, but apparently it was well on its way out of common usage by the time that the Constitution was printed.

There’s weird rules about when to use it vs the “round” s.

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“He knows what he did!”

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