[XeTeX] : Re: wrong uccode of ß

[François Charette]

John Was a écrit :
> Er, the East Germans had their own agenda in this matter (note the Fraktur 
> in the Reichsbahn (!)  signage during the Communist era).  I was referring 
> to what is nowadays seen as 'best practice'.  Of course many things exist - 
> taxation, malaria, etc. - but we don't necessarily want to encourage them...
>
>   

As an addition to Adam's perceptive reply, let me point out that the 
latest edition of the Duden says that, even though the official rule is 
to capitalise ß as SS [§25, E3 of the "Amtliche Regelung der deutschen 
Rechtschreibung"], in some contexts it is also possible to use ß:

«In Dokumenten kann bei Namen aus Gründen der Eindeutigkeit auch bei 
Großbuchstaben das ß verwendet werden»
(Duden - die deutsche Rechtschreibung, 24. Auflage,  2006, p. 95).

Best,
François