Re: Handwritten EURO sign

From: Anto'nio Martins-Tuva'lkin (antonio@tuvalkin.web.pt)
Date: Mon Aug 04 2003 - 10:13:17 EDT

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    On 2003.02.07, 15:42, Marion Gunn <mgunn@egt.ie> wrote:

    > I wonder if any Unicoders have seen the handwritten EURO sign which
    > differs substantially from the usual computer-generated kind?

    I noticed a hand written euro sign with wavy strokes, consistently used
    by a person who is the chief accountant of an organizazion where I hold
    also a managing position (this meaning that I see a lot of these signs).

    The person in question is a retired Portuguese Air Force technical
    officer, who had a great deal of contact with british engineers. I note
    that his pound sign is similarly stricken.

    Attached two examples of this glyph, composed using Times New Roman, and
    also the refered pound sign U+00A3 (which is not distinguishable from
    U+20A4, as both have two strokes.)

    I may scan samples of the original, if there is interest.

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