From: Asmus Freytag (asmusf@ix.netcom.com)
Date: Tue May 08 2007 - 01:34:30 CDT
On 5/7/2007 11:04 PM, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> My thinking is that an uppercase form of ß should
> always look similar to `SS' -- as TeX shows, which has introduced an
> `SS' glyph about 20 years ago to make uppercasing give correct visual
> results. To make an `SS' glyph distinguishable from `S' `S', as
> needed in official documents like passports, why not adding a small
> `ligature connection' similar to the bow in the `ct' ligature glyphs
> formerly used in French typography (see attached image)?
>
>
Given the way the recent reform assigns a function to the sharp-s, I
suspect readers will, over time, want to see that function more directly
visually represented also in uppercase. Typographic variation on the SS
will not address that need.
> I think that having a glyph for uppercase `ß' is a very good idea.
> Whether having a separate code point for that is something I don't
> dare to decide.
>
>
> Werner
>
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