> On 29 May 2018, at 11:17, Werner LEMBERG <w...@gnu.org> wrote: > >> When looking for the lowercase ß LATIN SMALL LETTER SHARP S U+00DF >> in a MacOS Character Viewer, it does not give the uppercase version, >> for some reason. > > Yes, and it will stay so, AFAIK. The uppercase variant of `ß' is > `SS'. `ẞ' is to be used mainly for names that contain `ß', and which > must be printed uppercase, for example in passports. Here the > distinction is important, cf. > > Strauß vs. Strauss → STRAUẞ vs. STRAUSS > > Since uppercasing is not common in typesetting German text (in > particular headers), the need to make a distinction between words like > `Masse' (mass) and `Maße' (dimensions) if written uppercase is rarely > necessary because it can usually deduced by context.
If uppercasing is not common, one would think that setting it too ẞ would pose no problems, no that it is available.
