Re: German sharp S uppercase mapping
Dominikus Dittes Scherkl via Unicode <[email protected]>
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Am 15.12.24 um 23:43 schrieb Asmus Freytag via Unicode: > On 12/15/2024 2:14 PM, Erik Carvalhal Miller via Unicode wrote: >> all-caps Fraktur words are basically illegible > > Which is an interesting digression in and of itself. Especially since > the Latin script had started out as ALL CAPS. It's not a digression, it's a development. After minuscles were available, uppercase letters became something rare and special, so first chapter-initial letters were designed to be something unique and outstanding, and then those letters replaced the standard-uppercase in fraktur. But unique and outstanding things are nothing one expects to occur in a row, so the design doesn't fit that usecase. And I fully agree to this evolution, as nowadays YELLING at people is deemed impolite, not sacred. -- Dominikus Dittes Scherkl