# ſ U+017F LATIN SMALL LETTER LONG S

## Properties

- General category: [Lowercase Letter](/unicode/categories/lowercase-letter.md) (Ll)
- Script: [Latin](/unicode/scripts/latin.md) (Latin)

## Annotations

- • in common use in Roman types until the 18th century
- • in current use in Fraktur and Gaelic types
- → [U+00DF ß LATIN SMALL LETTER SHARP S](/unicode/U+00DF.md)
- → [U+FB05 ſt LATIN SMALL LIGATURE LONG S T](/unicode/U+FB05.md)
- ≈ [U+0073 s LATIN SMALL LETTER S](/unicode/U+0073.md)