I do of course realize that, in spite of its name, the glyph is the equivalent of a double s, not an s and a z.
I don't think this is right, a handwritten "z" in old German handwriting looks like a "3" with a sling, and I am pretty sure this is where it comes from. A combination of "ss" at the end of a word would look quite differently, and a middle of the word "ss" would look like "ff" to non-Germans.
The difference of the two "s" characters is not a long and short one, btw, it merely depends whether it is the end of a word or the middle.
Johannes -- http://www.musikmanufaktur.com http://www.camerata-berolinensis.de
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