German sharp S uppercase mapping

[Asmus Freytag]

On 12/16/2024 4:24 AM, Dominikus Dittes Scherkl via Unicode wrote:
> 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.


This side discussion is a digression from the main topic.

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