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		adamnemecek on Oct 19, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: “Why Does S Look Like F?”: A Guide to Reading Very... Fun fact, the integral symbol is in fact this long S (as in 'sum' or 'ſum').

3ifbyw on Oct 19, 2014 [–]

You would do well to heed Wikipedia's advice[0].

0: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integral_symbol

esaym on Oct 19, 2014 | [–]

Ah sweet, those links give a much better explanation than the original article.

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