First, I’m just grateful for being introduced to Byrne’s Elements. I think “how to use visuals to improve pedagogy” is a practically important question. I haven’t yet worked through it myself to have a clear sense of “does the improved pedagogy work (for me)?”, but even at a glance, it looks like a treasure trove of artistry that is worth exploring and learning from.
I found reading through Turntrout’s learning process also helpful, to give me some insight into a cohesive worldview that includes “how to learn, how to be rigorous about it, and how to be finding beauty in the world along the way.”
I… do sure find it annoying that the letter S is for reason a weird ſ, which doesn’t seem like the sort of thing it was that important to preserve at the expense of clarity on the new site, but that part isn’t Turntrout’s fault (I’d be interested if there’s a more compelling reason than “that’s just how Byrne did it at the time and we’re faithfully recreating it)
I… do sure find it annoying that the letter S is for reason a weird ſ, which doesn’t seem like the sort of thing it was that important to preserve at the expense of clarity on the new site, but that part isn’t Turntrout’s fault (I’d be interested if there’s a more compelling reason than “that’s just how Byrne did it at the time and we’re faithfully recreating it)
Nope, that’s the reason. Nicholas Rougeaux explains:
The long s (ſ and ſ italicized) was common in older publications and is used throughout the original book. It can be mistaken for the lowercase f but should be read as s whenever seen. The usage of the long s has fallen out of style but in an effort to faithfully reproduce this book, it was used as well.
I found “Word Replacer II” for Chrome works perfectly. You can limit it to only be active on specific sites. And then just specify that you want to replace “ſ” by “s”.
Curated. I found a lot to be interested in here.
First, I’m just grateful for being introduced to Byrne’s Elements. I think “how to use visuals to improve pedagogy” is a practically important question. I haven’t yet worked through it myself to have a clear sense of “does the improved pedagogy work (for me)?”, but even at a glance, it looks like a treasure trove of artistry that is worth exploring and learning from.
I found reading through Turntrout’s learning process also helpful, to give me some insight into a cohesive worldview that includes “how to learn, how to be rigorous about it, and how to be finding beauty in the world along the way.”
I… do sure find it annoying that the letter S is for reason a weird ſ, which doesn’t seem like the sort of thing it was that important to preserve at the expense of clarity on the new site, but that part isn’t Turntrout’s fault (I’d be interested if there’s a more compelling reason than “that’s just how Byrne did it at the time and we’re faithfully recreating it)
Nope, that’s the reason. Nicholas Rougeaux explains:
I also find the long S super annoying, but it at least should be pretty easy to make a browser plugin or something to replace ‘ſ’ with ‘s’ everywhere.
I found “Word Replacer II” for Chrome works perfectly. You can limit it to only be active on specific sites. And then just specify that you want to replace “ſ” by “s”.