Talk:Capital ß
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[edit] Capital ß
Maybe someone should work ẞ (capital ß) in the article? RedNifre 00:25, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Merge with ß?
Should this article be merged with ß? -✉ Hello World! 16:43, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
- No. --> Talk:ß#Merge Capital ß into ß? --plauz (talk) 14:57, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] ẞ
Is "ẞ" really supposed to be a capital ß? On my browser it looks like a thin capital S with a cedilla (a thinner and slightly taller Ş). Is it supposed to look like that or do I need a new font? - MTC (talk) 20:52, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
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- ẞ is indeed the capital ß, but it isn't "official" yet. The Unicode consortium decided that ẞ will be the capital version of the sharp s in the next revision of unicode. However, some font designer already added a glyph for capital sharp s to U+1E9E, so when you install such a font you should see ẞ as a real capital sharp s.
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- And I dont know why you see a strange S in your browser. On my own computer I see it as a capital sharp s (because I have the right fonts) and on the computer I use right now I see it as a box with "1E9E" written in it, which is officially no character yet, but will be capital s in the next unicode version. You are probably using a low quality browser. I recommend using Opera (powerful browser right out of the box) or Firefox (lightweight browser that you can customize). 130.83.161.3 (talk) 13:26, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
- I am already using Firefox, which fonts already have the capital ß? - MTC (talk) 07:49, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
- Linux Libertine works well on my Mac. --plauz (talk) 14:59, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
- Linux Libertine can't seem to be installed on Windows. I eventually discovered that a new version of Code2000 has it, though Code2000 is still very ugly. ẞ is now also appearing correctly in the wikitext and edit summary box in a different font to Code2000, I'll have to work out which font that is. - MTC (talk) 06:00, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
- You'll find a rather conclusive font list in the German version of this article: de:Versal-ß#Aktuelle Schriften. If you can live a with an all-cap font, Stötzner's free Eszett-… fonts might be sufficient for you. Some weights of Jos Buivenga's Anivers and Museo are also availalbe for free. --plauz (talk) 19:32, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
- Linux Libertine can't seem to be installed on Windows. I eventually discovered that a new version of Code2000 has it, though Code2000 is still very ugly. ẞ is now also appearing correctly in the wikitext and edit summary box in a different font to Code2000, I'll have to work out which font that is. - MTC (talk) 06:00, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
- Linux Libertine works well on my Mac. --plauz (talk) 14:59, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
- I am already using Firefox, which fonts already have the capital ß? - MTC (talk) 07:49, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
- And I dont know why you see a strange S in your browser. On my own computer I see it as a capital sharp s (because I have the right fonts) and on the computer I use right now I see it as a box with "1E9E" written in it, which is officially no character yet, but will be capital s in the next unicode version. You are probably using a low quality browser. I recommend using Opera (powerful browser right out of the box) or Firefox (lightweight browser that you can customize). 130.83.161.3 (talk) 13:26, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
