> It's how English was written in the "olden times".
Exactly.
(skipping some minor details)
When we started printing instead of writing, we dumbed the letterset down into fewer mechanical pieces. Thus earlier printers in English had to use the letter 'f' for the discarded "long 's'" letter, back when the long 's' was still expected by readers.
And that dumbed-down letterset was the one that then made it to typewriters and then our keyboard today.
Exactly.
(skipping some minor details)
When we started printing instead of writing, we dumbed the letterset down into fewer mechanical pieces. Thus earlier printers in English had to use the letter 'f' for the discarded "long 's'" letter, back when the long 's' was still expected by readers.
And that dumbed-down letterset was the one that then made it to typewriters and then our keyboard today.