st

See also: Appendix:Variations of "st"
st U+FB06, st
LATIN SMALL LIGATURE ST
[unassigned: U+FB07–U+FB12]
← ſt
[U+FB05]
Alphabetic Presentation Forms ﬓ →
[U+FB13]

Translingual

Etymology

A stylistic ligature in use in Latin New Roman Cursive in the 4th century and retained in Carolingian minuscule in the 8th century.

Letter

st (mixed case St, upper case ST)

  1. a ligature of the letters st, with a “belt” drawn between the upper-right terminus of the ‘s’ and the top of the ascender of the ‘t’; compare ſt

See also

References

  • Their Hands Before Our Eyes: A Closer Look at Scribes by M.B. Parkes, 2008. →ISBN
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