Oct 1, 2026, 1:08 PM@Dewines hi, typographer here, i don't doubt you, but do you know any examples? I have seen ð used in handwriting, but not in books. I mean, i don't have a collection of ancient Welsh books to hand, so it is not like i have had the ability to look much :)
@drj This example is from a book by Sir John Rhys entitled "Celtic Folklore Welsh & Manx", Oxford University Press 1901.
I'm pretty sure I've seen it in other books of a similar period. Thankfully the use of Eth was abandoned and now Welsh just uses "dd" which is much easier to type. It's perhaps not quite the ð but is used in the same way for a voiced "th".
Oct 1, 2026, 2:04 PM@Dewines Ah, crossed, like the đ used in Croatian. In handwriting, i've seen it closer to ð but handwriting varies a lot. Thanks!