RE: Diacritics in XW for E-Mail

["Ambos, Paul" PAMBOS@xxxxxxxx]

Actually, the sharp s (character code 225) looks like a lowercase beta
(character code 385); a capital beta is the same as a capital "B".

Regards,

Paul Ambos
pambos@xxxxxxxx




> -----Original Message-----
> From:	TBaehr@xxxxxxxx [SMTP:TBaehr@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent:	Tuesday, June 26, 2001 1:59 PM
> To:	xywrite@xxxxxxxx
> Subject:	Re: Diacritics in XW for E-Mail
>
> If memory serves, the double ss as a ligature of interlinked esses (which
> looks vaguely like a capital "Beta") is called a "scharfes s." The
> alternate spelling, with two "Roman" esses, is called a "doppel s."
>
> I assume it's the "scharfes s" that's at issue.
>
> Tim Baehr