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thrance
Nice project, but usage of the long s "ſ" makes this somewhat unpleasant to go through. Also it's a medieval character, Euclid didn't know of it, so is it purely to decorate the text? To make it feel more ancient?
intalentive
The long s is preſtigious. But if you don't like it, it looks like you can switch to "Modern English" at the upper right.
thrance
Good catch! But now there's a weird ligarure between "s" and "t".
jhbadger
This is based on Byrne's famous translation/illustration of Euclid published in the 1840s, which did use the long s (although it was beginning to fall out of favor even then) See this example page from the book https://www.mccunecollection.org/gems
intalentive
Lovely site, thanks for sharing. Much nicer to look at than my beat up old Dover edition.
hawksprite
This is very beautiful. Your other projects are inspiring as well. Thank you so much for sharing.
LordGronk
I would love to someday see a version of this or a hardcopy of Byrne’s version but with the original greek text and a modern apparatus criticus.