Am Freitag 27 April 2007 schrieb A.J.Mechelynck: > Note that the official transliteration of the eszett is not sz but ss: > upcase("ß") is "SS" and, in de_CH locales, the eszett is not used (other > than for "archaic" look, sometimes together with a Fraktur font); ss is > used in its stead everywhere.
Indeed. Have a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eszett. The ß is a combination character - where two characters are written very close together to form a new one - like the æ. Only the combination won't work with modern latin fonts. So ss is used instead. Martin -- Martin Krischik mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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