py-long-s

This Python tool accurately inserts the historical long S character ( ſ ) back into the given text to make it appear as if it were written before the 20th century.

English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian are supported.

Installation

pip install long-s

The libraries used in this project can be installed separately by using:

pip install numpy python-docx odfpy unidecode

Online Converter

There's also a JavaScript version available that can be used online.

Example

import long_s

print(long_s.convert("The discussion was surprisingly insightful.", lang="en"))
print(long_s.convert("La discussion était étonnamment perspicace.", lang="fr"))
print(long_s.convert("Die Diskussion war überraschend aufschlussreich.", lang="de"))
print(long_s.convert("La discusión fue sorprendentemente perspicaz.", lang="es"))
print(long_s.convert("La discussione è stata sorprendentemente perspicace.", lang="it"))

The diſcuſſion was ſurpriſingly inſightful.
La diſcuſſion était étonnamment perſpicace.
Die Diskuſſion war überraſchend aufſchluſsreich.
La diſcuſión fue ſorprendentemente perſpicaz.
La diſcuſſione è ſtata ſorprendentemente perſpicace.

Converting Files

.txt files

long_s.convert_text_file(src_path="story.txt", dst_path=None, lang="en"))

Since dst_path is None, the program will save the converted text file as story-long-s.txt.

.odf files

long_s.convert_odf_file(src_path="story.odt", dst_path="old-story.odt", lang="en"))

.docx files

long_s.convert_docx_file(src_path="märschen.docx", lang="de"))

Special Thanks

Thank you Andrew West of the TeX Users Group for the documentation found under The Rules for Long S, which was fundamental in writing the conversion functions for English, French, Spanish, and Italian.