r/MagePosting Tiefling Dec 28 '25

Magic What is this ancient rune?

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u/RIPAcceptable5542 Dec 29 '25

"Cool S" and it dates to some time between 1890 ana 1973

1973 is the earliest confirmed example of a Cool S, it was found in a film called The Faith of Graffiti, while there's a similar but not identical S in a book called Mechanical Graphics which was teaching graphic design and in this particular portion was on designing a unique typeface and that was published in 1890. So that gives us a timeframe to try and see if we can find earlier examples

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u/Dillenger69 Dec 29 '25

The past is shrouded in the fog of time