Re: Uppercase ß

> When looking for the lowercase ß LATIN SMALL LETTER SHARP S U+00DF
> in a MacOS Character Viewer, it does not give the uppercase version,
> for some reason.

Yes, and it will stay so, AFAIK. The uppercase variant of `ß' is
`SS'. `ẞ' is to be used mainly for names that contain `ß', and which
must be printed uppercase, for example in passports. Here the
distinction is important, cf.

  Strauß vs. Strauss → STRAUẞ vs. STRAUSS

Since uppercasing is not common in typesetting German text (in
particular headers), the need to make a distinction between words like
`Masse' (mass) and `Maße' (dimensions) if written uppercase is rarely
necessary because it can usually deduced by context.

    Werner
Received on Tue May 29 2018 - 04:18:34 CDT