Post #2137424
2024-08-02 15:21 UTC
Heads up, type designers: the latest (2024) issue of the official spelling rules of the German language makes ẞ the default form for capitalizing ß.
This means many of you will have to turn the tables in a font update to keep providing German language support: make ẞ the default in OT all-caps or small-caps features and keep SS in a stylistic set (if at all).
(Source: https://grammis.ids-mannheim.de/rechtschreibung/6180)
Replies (3)
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@benkiel@typo.social 2024-08-03 04:17
@jla@typo.social is it on German keyboards yet?
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@monokrom@typo.social 2024-08-03 13:33
@jla@typo.social Wouldn’t the casing behaviour depend on external software, and not the font?
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@jenskutilek@typo.social 2024-08-05 10:02
@jla@typo.social Good catch! How is the orthography council not required to publish diffs for each version of their orthography rules!? Makes it really difficult to notice reversals like this.