Currency symbols (was RE: Shape of the US Dollar Sign)

From: B (11@onna.com)
Date: Mon Oct 01 2001 - 10:32:19 EDT


So, can Unicode characters die?

<ruby><rb>じゅう瘢雹いっちゃん</rb><rp>(</rp><rt>Juuitchan</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby>
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>
>About "??" (L with two bars = "Italian lira" or "Egypt/Cyprus pound") and "??"
>(L with one bar = "Pound Sterling" or "Irish punt"), I think that the
>Unicode distinction is not valid because:
>
>1) Manuscript labels in Italian, British, and Irish shops and markets, show
>that both variants are used everywhere;
>
>2) The characters which is actually on Italian and keyboards is U+00A3,
>always shown with one bar.
>
>3) In many European languages "lira" and "pound" are the same word. E.g.,
>in Italian, ITL = "lira italiana", IEP = "lira irlandese", UKP = "lira
>sterlina", EGP = "lira egiziana", TUL = "lira turca", CYP = "lira cipriota",
>etc.
>
>For these reason, I suggest that font designers ignore the distinction
>between U+00A3 (POUND SIGN) and U+20A4 (LIRA SIGN) and use the same glyph
>for both. The glyphs should have one or two bars depending on the font
>style and on the choice made for other currency symbols.
>
>_ Marco
>
>



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