Am 1998-07-17 um 21:15 h hat Jonathan Coxhead geschrieben:
>    I'm pretty sure I have also seen, on this very list, citations for the
> uppercase sharp s character. Is it not in anyone's sights for inclusion?
>
>   /|
>  (_|/
>   /|
>  (_/
>-- End of excerpt from Jonathan Coxhead


Am 1998-07-18 um 8:30 h hat Michael Everson geschrieben:
> I myself have actually seen a capital sharp s in print. A nice response to
> automatic capitalization which leaves a small sharp S in the middle of a
> capitalized word (MAßSTAB). It had a flat top and a kind of serif. It was
> neat.
>-- End of excerpt from Michael Everson

While <http://www.ids-mannheim.de/grammis/reform/a2-3.html#25E3>, the
official rule, clearly states that
> when writing in capitals, "SS" is written [for lower-case "ß"], e. g.,
> Straße -- STRASSE),
there are plans to weaken this rule.

In <http://www.ids-mannheim.de/reform/reformderreform.html>, Dr. Klaus Heller,
a member of the international committee, reports about their "Proposals for
clarification and further development of the German spelling reform", thus:
> 2. As, in capitalizing, the possible replacement of "ß" with "SS" does
>    not appropriatly render the documentarily established spelling of
>    proper nasmes ("Grosse" vs. "Große"), the possibility will be em-
>    phasized that "ß" may be written in this case ("GROßE"). This agrees
>    with the previous usage (cf. Duden 1991, R 187).
Currently, these proposed modifications of the official rules are not (yet)
effective.

For capitalized proper names (likewise for typesetting proper names in small
caps), an uppercase variant of the sharp-S would indeed be preferable to the
current use of (lowercase) sharp-S. For all other capitalized words (and,
indeed, for proper names) I'd prefer to stick with double-S -- but, of course,
this is more a matter of habits than of taste.

Best wishes,
   Otto Stolz