Re: Unicode 6.2 to Support the Turkish Lira Sign

On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 5:08 AM, Peter Constable <petercon_at_microsoft.com> wrote:
> None of that changes the reality that the symbol in question _has_ started
> to be used in commerce, that government agencies are starting to expect ICTs
> to support the symbol, and hence that implementers are for better or worse
> required to start supporting it if they are to meet their users’ /
> customers’ needs.

Any reason why the glyph of the current existing character 20A4 ₤ LIRA
SIGN could not have been changed instead? The glyph is similar to that
of 00A3 £ POUND SIGN, and 20A4 was *anyway* not used in favour of
00A3, so it's not as if any other users of the lira would object
(unlike in the case of the rupee sign).

Refs:

annotation to 20A4 LIRA SIGN "intended for lira, but not widely used"
annotation to 00A3 POUND SIGN "pound sterling, Irish punt, Italian
lira, Turkish lira, etc"

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Shriramana Sharma