Re: Indian Rupee Sign to be chosen today

From: Michael Everson (everson@evertype.com)
Date: Mon Jun 28 2010 - 03:16:13 CDT

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    On 28 Jun 2010, at 06:41, Mahesh T. Pai wrote:

    > Mahesh T. Pai said on Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 10:57:53AM +0530,:
    >
    >> On a serious note -
    >>
    >> 1. Would a change of glypn / glyph shape be considered?

    It would depend on what is chosen by the Government, I should think.

    >> 2. What are the origins of that character?
    >
    > I feel that an answer is important, because the code chart specifically mentions this as the Indian rupee sign.
    >
    > http://unicode.org/charts/PDF/U20A0.pdf

    It's OK. All a new character would need is a unique name.

    I imagine that the Rs symbol (₨) is used outside of India.

    Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/



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