Unicode's guidance on U+1E9E reads "capital sharp s is intended for typographical representations of signage and uppercase titles, and other environments where users require the sharp s to be preserved in uppercase. Overall, such usage is rare. In contrast, standard German orthography uses the string "SS" as uppercase mapping for small sharp s. Thus, with the default Unicode casing operations, capital sharp s will lowercase to small sharp s, but not the reverse: small sharp s uppercases to "SS". In those instances where the reverse casing operation is needed, a tailored operation would be required."
In other words, it exists solely to solve a very specific problem where the irresistible force of all-caps setting meets the immovable object of German orthography. However, there is no rational reason or justification for U+1E9E to adhere to the sloppy, ugly, and distorted capital version of "ß", any more than a capital "A" should look like an enlarged "a". I would suggest that as there is no consensus as to what this character should look like, we seek a better solution - I would suggest a neat "SS" ligature, which both makes the intention clear and doesn't intentionally disrespect 500 years of German orthography and typography. Dave -- Expansion: 'ẞ' LATIN CAPTIAL LETTER SHARP S (U+1E9E) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/650498 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
