From: Werner LEMBERG (wl@gnu.org)
Date: Wed Feb 16 2005 - 08:10:44 CST
> Just across a street from here, there is a travel agency, having a
> rather huge sign across their windows: "Preßburg reisen" - in all
> capitals, with ß being rather styled and blocky, so that it somewhat
> fits the font style used. [...]
Using `ß' within uppercase words is plain wrong -- the `Duden'
explicitly says (even for the new German orthography) that it has to
be replaced with `SS'. In seldom cases (`Masse' vs. `Maße') it should
be replaced with `SZ' to avoid ambiguity.
Werner
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