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Eszett — Wikipédia

TIL there is an upper case German "sharp s"! 😲

"The ability to substitute ss or SS for the lower and upper case “sharp s” is captured in the Unicode full case folding data"

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"The ß is used only in German and never at the start of German words. The uppercase ß (ẞ) exists only for typesetting, such as in a dictionary."

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#german #eszett #SharfesS #SharpS

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Johannes López Ayala (@[email protected])

Heads up, type designers: the latest (2024) issue of the official spelling rules of the German language makes ẞ the default form for capitalizing ß. This means many of you will have to turn the tables in a font update to keep providing German language support: make ẞ the default in OT all-caps or small-caps features and keep SS in a stylistic set (if at all). (Source: https://grammis.ids-mannheim.de/rechtschreibung/6180)

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The German Capital Letter Eszett · Typefacts

On June 29, 2017, the Council for German Orthography endorsed the optional use of a capital sharp s. That means the most controversial of …

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The Sz digraph has to be one of the most fascinating in the European alphabets. There are so many ways to design the #eszett #SharpS
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Attached: 1 image The Capital Sharp S (ẞ) in Letterpress Fonts ☞ https://letterlibrary.org/view/tour/capitalsharps-letterpressfonts/

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How to draw a proper Capital Eszett (ẞ)

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🔬 How to draw a proper capital Eszett (ẞ)? Christian Thalmann (from @catharsis Fonts) classifies different shapes, shows common mistakes and even explains good contrast and serifs. http://cinga.ch/eszett/

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#WiederWasGelernt

Dass es ein großes #Eszett (ß) gibt, wusste ich auch bis heute nicht...

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