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