German sharp S uppercase mapping

[Markus Scherer]

Hi Daniel,

On Sun, Dec 1, 2024 at 12:56 AM Daniel Buncic via Unicode <
unicode at corp.unicode.org> wrote:

> But there definitely is change.  Compare old book covers of “The Great
> Gatsby” in German like
>    https://nikol-verlag.de/cdn/shop/products/9783868205268_351x523.jpg
>
>
> https://images.thalia.media/00/-/0f18217aef9f4c779a86bc28985ce4d7/der-grosse-gatsby-gebundene-ausgabe-f-scott-fitzgerald.jpeg
> (which have the title as “DER GROSSE GATSBY”)
> with two covers from 2022 and 2023
>
>
> https://images.thalia.media/00/-/20013f18fd854595b609ea31f7dba854/der-grosse-gatsby-gebundene-ausgabe-f-scott-fitzgerald.jpeg


This one looks very much like a lowercase ß.

https://einfachebuecher.de/thumbnail/1f/08/26/1680510657/Der%20gro%C3%9Fe%20Gatsby%20-%20cover%20Lowres_1920x1920.jpg
> (where the title is spelled “DER GROẞE GATSBY”).
>

This one, yes.

A few years ago, the number of capital ẞ you could see was exactly zero.
>   Now they are popping up more and more.  For the above reasons, they
> are not the majority yet, but they are increasing fast.  Language change
> is happening in front of our eyes.
>

Before we switch the default behavior of uppercasing libraries, it would be
useful to get more examples of the transition.
Maybe queries for certain things that show the proportion of SS, ß, ẞ.
Or prominent publications that use all caps with ẞ.

Danke / schönen Gruß,
markus
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