From: Tulasi ([email protected])
Date: Wed Jun 30 2010 - 16:42:36 CDT
Thanks friends for explaining "Rx".
I am confident, this "Rx" like Rupee symbol will not pass Indian Parliament :-')
How about I draw Rupee sign(s) if you guys back me up?
Tulasi
From: Christopher Miller <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 18:36:11 -0400
Subject: Re: Indian Rupee Sign to be chosen today
To: Tulasi <[email protected]>
Cc: Christopher Miller <[email protected]>, unicode Unicode
Discussion <[email protected]>
On 2010-06-27, at 6:09 PM, Tulasi wrote:
> All looks close to sort of handwritten "Rx"
> But what does "Rx" means?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_prescription
Christopher Miller
Montreal QC Canada
From: Leo Broukhis <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 15:45:43 -0700
Subject: Re: Indian Rupee Sign to be chosen today
To: Tulasi <[email protected]>
Cc: unicode Unicode Discussion <[email protected]>
On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Tulasi <[email protected]> wrote:
> Were there any from this group took part in the competition?
>
>> http://www.pluggd.in/indian-rupee-symbol-297/
>> I don't know if this is a joke or not, but none of those five is any good.
>
> Exactly!
>
>> Just so they don't choose one of the ones that look dangerously like "Rx" signs.
>
> All looks close to sort of handwritten "Rx"
> But what does "Rx" means?
http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/211e/index.htm
PRESCRIPTION TAKE
recipe
cross ratio
Another question nobody had asked so far in this thread is what will happen to
U+20A8 RUPEE SIGN
A country cannot reasonably expect that every modification of its
currency symbol will be accommodated by a new BMP character, can it?
Leo
From: Michael Everson <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:17:24 +0100
Subject: Re: Indian Rupee Sign to be chosen today
To: unicode Unicode Discussion <[email protected]>
Report of deferral:
http://www.ptinews.com/news/740593_Cabinet-defers-decision-on-rupee-symbol
Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/
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