German sharp S uppercase mapping

Dominikus Dittes Scherkl lyratelle at gmx.de
Mon Dec 16 06:24:24 CST 2024


Am 15.12.24 um 23:43 schrieb Asmus Freytag via Unicode:
> On 12/15/2024 2:14 PM, Erik Carvalhal Miller via Unicode wrote:
>> all-caps Fraktur words are basically illegible
>
> Which is an interesting digression in and of itself. Especially since
> the Latin script had started out as ALL CAPS.

It's not a digression, it's a development. After minuscles were
available, uppercase letters became something rare and special, so first
chapter-initial letters were designed to be something unique and
outstanding, and then those letters replaced the standard-uppercase in
fraktur. But unique and outstanding things are nothing one expects to
occur in a row, so the design doesn't fit that usecase.
And I fully agree to this evolution, as nowadays YELLING at people is
deemed impolite, not sacred.

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Dominikus Dittes Scherkl



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