Bruno talked about the "capital" ß and said that the Ubuntu Font Family would probably got for a composite ligature of "SS/SZ" for the codepoint, when expansion gets that far.
Speaking to various locals here is Germany, the "capital" has come about for titling (places like all-capital street signs) where a ß in the middle of a row of Latin capitals. but looks smaller and out-of-place (which is perhaps the reason why German street signs are lowercase except for the initial capital). Various attempts have been made at the character using combinations of 'SZ' or 'SƷ', or upscaling the 'ſs' or 'ſz' origins. A separate "ß" seems to be preferred in these cases as a name containing SS "doesn't look right" and indeed, there can (apparently) be another name that is genuinely spelt 'ss'... No good solution. -- Expansion: 'ẞ' LATIN CAPTIAL LETTER SHARP S (U+1E9E) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/650498 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
