Re: German sharp S uppercase mapping
Erik Carvalhal Miller via Unicode <[email protected]>
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An instance of two‐tlecase. On Sunday, December 15, 2024, Daniel Buncic via Unicode < [email protected]> wrote: > The long ſ, which is only used in old Fraktur script, but not in >>> modern Antiqua script, has the same issue. >>> >> > Except that in Fraktur there are no all-caps words, so that the function > to_upper() has no use in a Fraktur text anyway. > > (For example, a modern Bible printed in Antiqua might have words like GOTT > ‘GOD’, JESUS, der HERR ‘the LORD’, etc. printed in all-caps to mark them as > sacred. In old Bibles printed in Fraktur, something like 𝔊𝔒𝔗𝔗, > 𝔍𝔈𝔖𝔘𝔖 or 𝔡𝔢𝔯 ℌ𝔈ℜℜ is quite unthinkable because all-caps Fraktur > words are basically illegible. What you can find in old Bibles is the use > of two capitals at the beginning to emphasize words, e.g. 𝔊𝔒𝔱𝔱, > 𝔍𝔈ſ𝔲𝔰, 𝔡𝔢𝔯 ℌ𝔈𝔯𝔯.) > > Best wishes, > > Daniel > > -- > Prof. Dr. Daniel Bunčić > =============================================================== > Slavisches Institut der Universität zu Köln > Weyertal 137, D-50931 Köln > Telefon: +49 (0)221 470-90535 > Sprechstunden: https://uni.koeln/ENZEB > E-Mail: [email protected] = [email protected] > Threema: https://threema.id/8M375R5K > =============================================================== > Homepage: http://daniel.buncic.de/ > Academia: http://uni-koeln.academia.edu/buncic > ResearchGate: https://researchgate.net/profile/Daniel-Buncic-2 > =============================================================== > >