[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Quoting "Mark E. Shoulson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > However, now that you mention it, it is true that the stylized S used in
> > the abbreviation for the SS was actually required in all fonts by the
> > Nazi government, so by that reasoning it, at least, has some standing
> > for being encoded (though I can't say I feel any great desire to see that).
>
> Apparantly that S is the Futhark rune Sigel, encoded at U+16CB.
[...]
Holocaust scholars wanting to encode German documents from the 1930s
and 1940s would want the double runic S encoded, since this was a
specific character found on type-writers of the era and saw regular use.
A proposal to encode this was shot down a few years ago, however.
-tree
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