Comment 70 for bug 650498

Indeed: We read best what we are used to reading. That's why a barred S is unacceptable: It does not look like an ß at all. And that's also why I think the M+ shape is not a good choice: It is too different from an ß – "what is that strange B-ish letter?"

Bruno, you have said you didn't like certain forms of ẞ because they reminded you too much of ß. Why on earth should that be a bad thing? I don't get it. Is it a question of principles? I don't care for principles. The only reason why that strange new letter ẞ will be recognizable is precisely because it reminds of ß.

The Ubuntu ẞ must obviously be different from the Ubuntu ß because it needs a different height and, preferrably, a different width so that it fits in with the other capital letters. But why should there be any other differences? Is there any benefit in deliberately introducing arbitrary differences? I fail to see any such benefit.