Comment 17 for bug 650498

Hi David,

although I prefer a more distinct appearance of the Versaleszett to two S combined, I would love to be able to see the ideas you prefer.
It is important that this letter fits naturally into the font, so I'm interested if it can be done in an aesthetically pleasing way.

Judging from Signa 9 many font creators had the idea of somehow combining multiple S, S and Z, S and an inverted 3, S with a dot, S with a cedille, ...

But it seems that those designs never got the traction like the "capital version of ß".
The two basic designs which were quite common in the last decades (Versaleszett with rounded top-left stroke/without rounded top-left stroke) seem to be a compromise between legibility (they are intentionally supposed to look like a ß) and an adaption to fit with other upper-case letters.

So while the design is not set in stone, I would love to see different designs and approaches to think and discuss about.

Thanks!