Comment 39 for bug 650498
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| Joshua Krämer (joshua-kraemer) wrote Re: Expansion: 'ẞ' LATIN CAPTIAL LETTER SHARP S (U+1E9E) | #39 |
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In the official announcement of the Commission in the "Zeitschrift für Deutschlands Buchdrucker" (1903, 9th of Juli), the form of the new Eszett is explained as follows:
"Das sogenannte lange Antiqua-ſ wird oben mit einem z verbunden, im Kopfe eingebogen und läuft im unteren Bogen in eine feine oder halbstarke Linie oder in einen Punkt aus […]"
Translation:
"The so called long Antiqua-ſ is connected with a z on its top, curved in in the head and ends in the lower curve as a fine or half thick line or a dot […]"
As you can see, the "Sulzbacher Form" was explicitely meant to be derived from ſ and z (ezh).