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Glyphs Incorrect #40

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elderaj opened this issue Sep 4, 2022 · 1 comment
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Glyphs Incorrect #40

elderaj opened this issue Sep 4, 2022 · 1 comment
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elderaj commented Sep 4, 2022

In the Readme, it is stated: "The alphabet is not static ; some glyphs that we use today did not exist in the 17th century. For example, capital “V”, capital “I”, and the “@” sign."

In the 1611 KJV text, every leading or capital "u" is a "v", while every capital "j" is in reality a capital "i". This may be verified by comparing the 1611, available here: https://archive.org/details/1611theauthorizedkingjamesbible_202001, against the Oxford Roman typeface reprint, available here: https://archive.org/details/av1611oxford1833part2/AV1611oxford1833part1/page/n181/mode/2up

Also one may examine the spellings within the preface to the 1611 itself in Roman typeface, where "unto" is spelt "vnto," "JESUS" is spelt "IESVS," "give" is spelt "giue," and so on. The text given in blackletter typeface follows these spellings as well.

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