Should be "backs" because long-s isn't used if it's the end of the word.

> Before a hyphen at the end of the line a long ſ must always be used, for example Shaftſ-bury.

That's when hyphenating a word, not between different words linked by hyphens.

That's exactly what a hyphenated word is.

No. "Hyphenating a word" here means when a whole word is split by a hyphen to continue on the next line of a justified column of text. In that case only, a long s is used before the hyphen.

The hyphen is not at the end of the line. Shaftſ-

bury is just Shaftſbury with a hyphenated line break.

The example of "Paradise loft" written as "Paradife loft" reminds me of the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten's logo looks like Aftenpoften

https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftenposten

The Philadelphia Inquirer recently updated their blackletter logo in part I think because I looked more like a J.

https://www.garciamedia.com/blog/its-a-refreshed-logo-for-th...

This is ſuch a ſilly diſcusſion

Shouldn't it be "diſcuſsion"? The ß character derives from ſs, after all.

This whole topic is a ſlippery ſlope

ſomeone pleaſe ſtop me