ff

Play it loud

Ff is an abbreviation for "and the following," used after a page number or citation to indicate that the reference continues beyond the single page cited: See pages 34 ff.

It comes from the Latin plural of the word that gives us "following." In music notation, ff stands for fortissimo, meaning very loud.

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fortissimo

Very loud, musically

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fortissimo

loud

High in volume

booming · thunderous · dynamics · crescendo · decibels · resonant · deafening · blaring · amplified · intense

typography

ligature

Cord for binding

kerning · letterform · serif · italic · calligraphy · letterpress · typeset · character

fastforward

skip

To deliberately exclude

rewind · playback · scrub · seek · shuttle · timelapse · DVR · streaming · remote · buffer

Opposites
musical dynamic/volume level

ffpp

Very quiet marking

pianissimo · piano · sotto voce · soft · quiet

Family

eff, effing, effed, effs

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