Re: Großes Eszett

From: Leo Broukhis (leob@mailcom.com)
Date: Fri Jan 23 2009 - 15:24:28 CST

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    On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 12:29 PM, James Cloos <cloos@jhcloos.com> wrote:
    >>>>>> "Leo" == Leo Broukhis <leob@mailcom.com> writes:
    >
    > Leo> My browser displays Flickr's image title with ẞ (U+1e9e) that
    > Leo> looks like S with cedilla. What gives?
    >
    > I know that earlier versions of Java included TTF instances of (some
    > of) the Lucida fonts with Åž in the 1E9E slot.

    That could explain it, if Java upgrades do not clean up after
    themselves. I looked at the Flickr page on an older XP machine that
    lived though several JRE upgrades.

    I wonder if there is a tool that shows how a particular character
    looks in every installed font.

    Thanks,
    Leo



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