germanheit:

In regards to my previous post about the German letter “ß” I’d like to add something.

A few readers sent me messages saying that I was incorrect in stating there’s no capitalized form of the ß. These readers are referring to a new norm added to the international fonts which says that there is a capitalized ß.

However, some may have misunderstood what I was referring to in my post. As quoted by the German spelling dictionary, it’s “[…] eine wichtige Neuerung, besonders für Buch- und Zeitungsverlage, aber eine, die nicht Bestandteil der amtlichen Rechtschreibung ist.” (quote Duden) (“[…] an important innovation, especially for book and newspaper publishers, but one which isn’t part of the official orthography.”)

a) both the capitalized and the small ß look the same (it is standardized) - so it really doesn’t matter in the end. Compare: weiß; WEIß (white) The official rule is to substitute the ß with ss in those cases.

b) there’s never been a need to capitalize it (unless you want to write the entire word with capital letters), because it never occurs at the beginning of a German word.

—> While yes technically the capitalized “ß”exists, it is NOT part of the official German spelling and you don’t have to worry about it when typing the ß.

(pic via wikipedia)

 I hate writing this letter. IT ALWAYS COMES OUT AS SHIT!