Re: Uppercase ß

> On 29 May 2018, at 11:17, Werner LEMBERG <wl_at_gnu.org> wrote:
>
>> 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.

If uppercasing is not common, one would think that setting it too ẞ would pose no problems, no that it is available.
Received on Tue May 29 2018 - 05:40:11 CDT