Re: India seeks Rupee status symbol

From: Kenneth Whistler (kenw@sybase.com)
Date: Tue Mar 10 2009 - 15:28:00 CST

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    > > The current rupee symbol looks like "Rs" (₨). I wouldn't blame
    > > India for wanting a bit more interesting.
    >
    > Well if they come up with one, I suggest we just replace the glyph.

    I suggest we don't. That is just a silly idea, after the "Rs"
    U+20A8 RUPEE SIGN has been in the standard for 18 years.

    If India comes up with a new symbol for their currency, Unicode
    should just encode a new character for the symbol.

    --Ken

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