German sharp S uppercase mapping

Asmus Freytag asmusf at ix.netcom.com
Tue Dec 3 11:06:19 CST 2024


On 12/3/2024 7:56 AM, Markus Scherer via Unicode wrote:
> I am looking for a noticeable increase in relative frequency, not 
> one-offs.

Understood. But randomly encountered one-offs used to be extremely rare. 
And reliably spotting a capital form takes some expertise. Assuming I've 
been sensitized for that since Unicode 5.1, my own random sample shows 
increased frequency of anecdotal encounters in recent years, not just 
pre/post 5.1.

What we might need to sample other than publications would be  a 
representative subset of German typographers / designers to understand 
whether we are unintentionally putting roadblocks by the lack of more 
complete software support for capital sharp s.

A./
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