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Summary Of: ß

Letter ß in various fonts... Letter ß in various fonts... ß in other languages... z and ß in German Kurrent... The letter ß originated as a ligature of... letters in the press so he adopted the ß character to use in his printing press... This is the main reason ß is not used in English... most antiqua ß are shaped according to the second or the fourth solution... Three contemporary handwritten forms of ß demonstrated on the word a... Upper case ß on a book cover... Upper case ß on a book cover... ß uses Latin rules... while ß is exactly vertical... the ß is written very similar to... the letter ß is present on computer and typewriter keyboards... ß in other languages... ß in other languages... The ß is sometimes used in German writing to indicate a pronunciation of... use an initial ß to approximate the local dialect in...

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