German Capital Sharp S

German Capital ß

Four forms of Antiqua Eszett:

1. ſs,

2. ſs ligature,

3. ſz ligature,

4. Sulzbacher Form







Remarks

The pictures above are based on Wikipedia.

Further Readings

Ralf Herrmann: How to draw a Capital Sharp S

Ralf Herrmann: Capital Sharp S – Germany’s new character

Ralf Herrmann: The Capital Sharp S in now part of the official German orthography

Adam Twardoch: 4 possible skeletons for ẞ

TypeDrawers: Council for German Orthography officially allows use of u+1E9E. Comments

Typefounder: Esszet or ß

Wikipedia: Capital ẞ

Wikipedia: The grapheme ß

Page: Wie viel Sinn macht das Versal-ß?

Graphic Design Stack Exchange: When designing a typeface, how should I design the letter ß?

Christoph Koeberline: The German Capital Letter Eszett