> We tend to forget living in the digital publishing age how limiting mechanical workflows can be. This β <-> ß confusion endured into the digital age. For ex

> We tend to forget living in the digital publishing age how limiting mechanical workflows can be. This β <-> ß confusion endured into the digital age. For example code page 850 has a character called "Sharp s Small" but it is placed among Greek characters. And several fonts didn't display an ß but a β https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_437#cite_ref-21 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_437#cite_ref-21 In this case, the double use was probably intentional (to save space in the limited character set range) but still confusing to the reader when they encountered the wrong glyph.