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Capital ẞ doesn't look much like a usual capital ẞ #39

Closed mybearworld closed 8 months ago

mybearworld commented 8 months ago

Font Name (Geist Sans/Geist Mono):

Description of the Issue: Usually, the capital ẞ is differentiated from ß via two things. Geist doesn't do either correctly:

  1. A wider character. Geist doesn't have much of a difference between ẞ and ß here.
  2. A less curly body. While Geist does do that, it makes the bizarre decision to also flatten the top. This is very unusual and while readable, really does not look much like ẞ.

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Type a string with the capital ẞ like ICH WOHNE IN GIEẞEN.

Expected Behavior: Geist has a more conventional ẞ.

Screenshots: Geist Sans: Screenshot of the capital ẞ and its lowercase variant ß from the Geist web page. The capital ẞ has a slightly less curly body, which is usual. However, it is not wider than its lowercase variant, and the top is flat.

Open Sans: Screenshot of the capital ẞ and its lowercase variant ß as used in the Open Sans font. The capital looks like the conventional ẞ, with a curly top, but a bit longer than ß and less curly in the body.

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BKR-dev commented 8 months ago

I want to emphasise that is a non trivial issue to use the font for German, a clear distinction between upper and lower case ß is important. Thanks @mybearworld for spotting this!

JohnPhamous commented 8 months ago

Fixed in #46 and available in the 1.0.1 release on GitHub and on npm.