https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eszett
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"
rosie-lang.org/blog/2023-08-15…
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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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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)
https://typefacts.com/en/blog/the-german-capital-letter-eszett
https://www.lucasfonts.com/learn/1E9E
https://finaltype.de/en/topics/capital-sharp-sAttached: 1 image The Capital Sharp S (ẞ) in Letterpress Fonts ☞ https://letterlibrary.org/view/tour/capitalsharps-letterpressfonts/
Leaving this here for future me: https://typo.social/@charakterziffer/111942895916327477
🔬 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/
Dass es ein großes #Eszett (ß) gibt, wusste ich auch bis heute nicht...
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