# ſ U+017F LATIN SMALL LETTER LONG S

Long s, a tall s that looks like an f without the crossbar, used in old printed English before the 1800s and in Fraktur and Gaelic type.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `ſ` |
| Codepoint | U+017F |
| Name | LATIN SMALL LETTER LONG S |
| Block | [Latin Extended-A](https://unicodekit.com/block/latin-extended-a) |
| Script | Latin |
| Category | Lowercase Letter (Ll) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `ſ` `ſ` |
| CSS | `\17F` |
| JavaScript | `\u017F` |
| UTF-8 | C5 BF |
| UTF-16 | 017F |
| Decomposition | compat U+0073 |

## Notes

- in common use in Roman types until the 18th century
- in current use in Fraktur and Gaelic types

## Related characters

- ž [U+017E LATIN SMALL LETTER Z WITH CARON](https://unicodekit.com/char/017E)
- Ž [U+017D LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z WITH CARON](https://unicodekit.com/char/017D)
- ż [U+017C LATIN SMALL LETTER Z WITH DOT ABOVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/017C)
- Ż [U+017B LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z WITH DOT ABOVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/017B)
- ź [U+017A LATIN SMALL LETTER Z WITH ACUTE](https://unicodekit.com/char/017A)
- Ź [U+0179 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z WITH ACUTE](https://unicodekit.com/char/0179)
- Ÿ [U+0178 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y WITH DIAERESIS](https://unicodekit.com/char/0178)
- ŷ [U+0177 LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH CIRCUMFLEX](https://unicodekit.com/char/0177)
- Ŷ [U+0176 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y WITH CIRCUMFLEX](https://unicodekit.com/char/0176)
- ŵ [U+0175 LATIN SMALL LETTER W WITH CIRCUMFLEX](https://unicodekit.com/char/0175)
- Ŵ [U+0174 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER W WITH CIRCUMFLEX](https://unicodekit.com/char/0174)
- ų [U+0173 LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH OGONEK](https://unicodekit.com/char/0173)

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