On 2018/05/29 17:15, Hans Åberg via Unicode wrote:
On 29 May 2018, at 07:30, Asmus Freytag via Unicode <unicode@unicode.org> wrote:
An uppercase exists and it has formally been ruled as acceptable way to write
this letter (mostly an issue for ALL CAPS as ß does not occur in word-initial
position).
A./
Duden used one in 1957, but stated in 1984 that there is no uppercase version
[1]. So it would be interesting with a reference to an official version.
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ß
The English wikipedia may not be fully up to date.
See https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Großes_ß (second paragraph):
"Seit dem 29. Juni 2017 ist das ẞ Bestandteil der amtlichen deutschen
Rechtschreibung.[2][3]"
Translated to English: "Since June 29, 2017, the ẞ is part of the
official German orthography."
(As far as I remember the discussion (on this list?) last year, the ẞ
(uppercase ß) is allowed, but not required.)
Regards, Martin.
