[XeTeX] : Re: wrong uccode of ß

Martin Schröder martin at oneiros.de
Mon Apr 14 12:13:31 CEST 2008


2008/4/14, John Was <john.was at ntlworld.com>:
>  The Unicode gurus may have decided to create a capital eszett for neatness
>  (less charitably, out of ignorance), but who will ever use it?  It is
>  incorrect typographically, since as was originally pointed out, in an
>  all-capital context one uses SS.  Possibly  on a poster or some piece of

No. :-)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_%C3%9F
http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n2888.pdf

As for the fonts: I'll try to persuade the polish guys to include it
in LM and the gyre fonts. :-)

Best
   Martin


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