Timid keying and $ for &punc

NOTE: for simplicity's sake, tall s has been converted to ordinary s in the transcriptions below.

Timid keying?

Examples from ECCO Ct113901_pt1 (vid 0843200201)
Example	Full capture	As captured	Comment
	these spots,	thes$ spots,	broken cross-bar on -e, but common word should be recognized
	section.	secti$n.	broken -o- but common word should be recognized.
	size	siz$	Rather more damage to final -e, but still a common word.
	distance.	distanc$.	Another broken cross-member on -e. Recognized by OCR.
	delicate	delicat$	Another broken cross-member on -e. Recognized by OCR.
	decay	d$cay	Slightly broken cross-member on -e-. Recognized by OCR.
	muscles	mus$les	Very slighly broken -c- in common word
	debility	d$bility	Recognized by OCR.
	bed-clothes	b$d-clothes	Recognized by OCR.
	muscae volitanies	mus$$$ volitanies	Harder because Latin, but -ae at least quite distinctive.
	Celini,	C$lini	The usual broken -e-
	companions	compani$$$	Final -s is admittedly quite faint and could only be guessed at.
	conjurer,	conjur$$	Final -r is quite broken and could only be guessed at.
	ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD.	ST. PAUL'S CHU$CH-YARD.	What could this be but -R- ?
	Of the...Lungs and Placenta. ...Of Generation. ... Of Ocular Spectra.	Of the...Lungs and Placent$. ...Of Generation. ... O$ Ocular Spec$ra.	-a is clear. -f is missing top, but distinctive (especially in sequence of other "Of ..." items). t is a little damaged but ct ligature is quite unmistakable.
	... three classes,	... thr$e classes	another slightly damaged -e- in a common word.

More timid keying?

Examples from EEBO S11854 (vid 14664), images 29 and 86
Example	Full capture	As captured	Comment
	&s;ecret	$ecret
	hol|&s;ome?	$word$	(word originally broken at linebreak; dark line is the gutter)
	e|difie	$word$	(word originally broken at linebreak; dark line is the gutter)
	que|&s;tion,	$word$	(word originally broken at linebreak; dark line is the gutter)

More timid keying?

Examples from EEBO S21871 (vid 23968)
Example	Full capture	As captured	Comment
	no	$o
	discerned	disc$rned
	onward	on$ard
	equall	$quall
	he auoides	he au$ides
	Baboone,	B$boone,
	DEDICATED	D$DICATED

Examples from EEBO S12719 (formerly S12717) (vid 3881)
Example	Full capture	As captured	Comment
	Caesars	C$esars	One of a couple of examples which seemed odd in that the ligature was evidently recognized, but then all or part of it was labeled illegible. Once you recognize that it is a digraph, it is hard to understand how its constituents could fail to be recognized.
	showes	showe$
	limned	lim$ed
	puffe	pu$$e
	Like	Lik$
	eyes	ey$s

Examples from EEBO S21871 (vid 23968)
Example	Full capture	As captured	Comment
	theefe,	the$&s;e$	(Also mistook f for long s and used $ for punctuation mark.)
	had	h$d
	dayes	d$$es
	necke	$word$
	cloke,	clo$e,
	cloke	clo$e
	cloake	cloa$e,
	booke.	book$.
	carrying	c$rrying

Examples from EEBO S23129 (vid 6644)
Example	Full capture	As captured	Comment
	courtier	courtie$
	l'oingt de Dieu loing de Dieu	$'oingt de Dieu loing de Dieu	Reviewer noted that since the apostrophe was recognized, it was difficult to see how the preceding 'l' could fail to be recognized.
	maie	ma$e

Examples from EEBO Wr156 (vid 60768)
Example	Full capture	As captured	Comment
	Impiety.	$mpiety.
	practices	$ractices
	Faith	F$ith

Example from ECCO Ct034858
Example	Full capture	As captured	Comment
	it	$word$

More nearly illegible examples, from ECCO Ct135406
Example	Full capture	As captured	Comment
	of the Fowler's	$f the Fowl$r's
	impious	impio$s	marginally illegible, but clear in context
	once	onc$	ditto
	all that fell	a$l t$ at fe$l	'h' certainly illegible; others borderline.
	Empyrean	Empyre$n
	had	ha$

More not-quite-illegibles, from EEEBO S11135 (vid 18607) and S12714 (vid 15579)
Example	Full capture	As captured	Comment
	effectual	effe$tual
	saluation	sal$ation
	will	$ill
	either	$ither
	Iudas	I$das
	Iacob	Ia$ob
	euasion	$uasion
	euerie	$uerie
	vnworthy	$nworthy	Very clear "v"
	&s;aith	$aith	Quite clear "tall s"
	F. Kyng&s;ton	$. Kyn$ston	The "F." at least is pretty clear.
	Iewes	$ewes	If not an "I" could only be an "L" and there lacks sufficient space for an "L".

$ used when &punc; would be better

Examples from EEBO S21871 (vid 23968)
Example	Full capture	As captured	Comment
	obtain'd:	obtain'd$	Should be (at least) obtain'd&punc; rather than obtain'd$.
	bad:	bad$	Should be (at least) bad&punc; rather than bad$.

Examples from EEBO S12719 (formerly S12717) (vid 3881)
Example	Full capture	As captured	Comment
	Gentleman. or Gentleman&punc;	Gentleman$
	despaire. or despaire&punc;	despaire$
	half-way; or half-way&punc;	half-way$

Examples from EEBO S23129 (vid 6644)
Example	Full capture	As captured	Comment
	swadling: or? swadling&punc;	swadling$
	man, or? man&punc;	man$
	Tert. de resur. carn. or Tert&punc; de resur&punc; carn.	Tert$ de resur$ carn.	(Spacing after $ shows that it was recognized as punctuation.)

Examples from EEBO Wr156 (vid 60768)
Example	Full capture	As captured	Comment
	word,	word$
	Eurip.	Eurip$	&punc; also legitimate.

Examples from ECCO Ct034858
Example	Full capture	As captured	Comment
	contagious:	contagious$
	be witty,	be witty$

Examples from ECCO Ct135406
Example	Full capture	As captured	Comment
	drives,	drives$

Examples from EEBO S11135 (vid 18607) and S12714 (vid 15579)
	vs, or vs&punc;	vs$
	acceptable. or acceptable&punc;	vs$
	him. or him&punc;	him$
	La. hath	La$hath	By treating the punctuation as an illegible letter, two words were turned into one.