EXAMINE THIS REPORT ON S

The shape of Latin S arises from Greek Σ by dropping one out with the four strokes of that letter. The (angular) S-shape made up of a few strokes existed for a variant from the 4-stroke letter Σ already from the epigraphy of Western Greek alphabets, as well as the 3 and 4 strokes variants existed alongside one another while in the classical Etrus