#grim squeaker

Rattus Mortis

Me and My Son Hanging Out.

Because you can't see it in the light:

I’m rereading Hogfather and unreasonably glad to find that the long s on this Hogswatch card is actually a long s. It seems as though most publishers just use an “f” instead of “ſ”*, which I find really quite vexing (because I’m weird, I guess), and some audiobook narrators seem to be unaware that a printing error occurred and simply read it as an “f”, which is even worse. Hurrah for not using “f” in the place of a long s!

*I realize that this font is perhaps less than ideal for the purpose of demonstrating the difference between “f” and “ſ”, but trust me, there’s a difference.

f f f f ≠ ſ ſ ſ ſ

Edit from 10 minutes or so after original post (but only a page later in the book): No!!! They had it and then went and used “f”…

Been about 1,5 years since I got my tattoo of the Grim Squeaker. And I love it! It still looks amazing.

May I present to you: DEATH OF RATS, or the GRIM SQUEAKER from Terry Pratchett's DISCWORLD series! I love him.

Drawtober Day 12