On 1/6/2013 2:57 AM, Wolfgang Laun wrote:
My summary for converting 'ß' to upper case: (1) If you need to follow
the current rules of German spelling, replace 'ß' by 'SS'. (1a) As an
exception, where German law requires the preservation of the spelling
of proper names: leave 'ß' as 'ß' (lower case, or use (2)). (2) If
you(r software) can, use the new upper case 'ß' defined by Unicode and
according to ISO/IEC 10646; otherwise follow (1). Wolfgang
FWIW I checked my Windows 7 laptop, on which the Arial font does *not*
contain U+1E9E. Neither does Arial Unicode MS, which generally has the
best coverage of widely-available fonts on Windows. Times New Roman
does have it. So it seems that for display on the web, at least, it's
probably safest to stick with (1) for a bit longer unless it is very
important to display this character and you want to get fussy about font
fallback.
-Mike
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