Die Verlegenheit hat Erik Spiekermann beschrieben, der Grandseigneur unter den deutschen Schriftgestaltern: „Ich mag die Idee eines großen ß, aber ich habe noch nirgendwo eine überzeugende Form gesehen.“ Das dürfte der Grund dafür sein, dass bislang nur sehr wenige der gängigen Schriftarten überhaupt über einen ß-Großbuchstaben verfügen. In der Regel sitzt man nämlich vor seiner Tastatur, tippt Shift, AltGr und ß und sieht: nichts. Man erinnere sich dann an die letzte Scrabble-Partie und an Friedrich Forssman: „Tiefes Lesen geht nur, wenn der Text unsichtbar ist.“

Erik Spiekermann, the grand seigneur among German typeface designers, has described the embarrassment: "I like the idea of a capital ß, but I haven't seen a convincing form anywhere." This is probably the reason why only very few of the current fonts have a capital ß at all. As a rule, you sit in front of your keyboard, type Shift, AltGr and ß and see: nothing. Remember the last game of Scrabble and Friedrich Forssman: "Deep reading is only possible if the text is invisible."

Buchstabe ẞ: Formprobleme der deutschen Sprache

Erik Spiekermann

«The Crux of the Biscuit is the Apostrophe»

In reply to Re^4: Memory Leak with XS but not pure C by karlgoethebier
in thread Memory Leak with XS but not pure C by FrankFooty

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