German sharp S uppercase mapping

[Markus Scherer]

I have followed this thread with some interest, having grown up in Germany.
I do still visit fairly frequently.

It's totally possible to change uppercasing functions if & when warranted.
But is it, yet?

As a library implementer and German speaker, I have been looking out for
the supposed sea change in usage, and haven't seen it.

For example, looking at product packaging, where all caps are more commonly
used than in regular text, I see SS and lowercase ß, but little if any ẞ.
Try searching on amazon.de for "fußcreme" or "füße".

I have some photos from Germany with similar results, with only one cereal
box using the capital in “EXTRA GROẞE CRUNCHIES“.

fußball.de <http://xn--fuball-cta.de/> still (despite browsers abandoning
transitional processing) redirects to fussball.de, and that page advertises
itself as FUSSBALL.DE <http://fussball.de/> right up top in the site menu.
There is an article about KINDERFUSSBALL
<https://www.fussball.de/newsdetail/neuer-kinderfussball-was-fans-wissen-muessen/-/article-id/263976#!/>
and GRÖSSERE CHANCEN.

The https://www.giessener-zeitung.de/ has a prominent all caps title with
ẞ. I think they have been an early adopter. However, their front page
weather forecast is titled GIESSEN, so this could be chalked up as title
calligraphy.

The https://www.giessener-allgemeine.de/ does not seem to use any all caps.
The https://www.giessener-anzeiger.de/ has a topic for LANDGERICHT GIESSEN.

The city website gießen.de <http://xn--gieen-nqa.de/> also still redirects
to giessen.de and does not use any all caps.


So it looks very much like in German all caps SS reigns, ß is fairly
common, and ẞ is very niche.

markus
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