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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