Re: [ilugd] Rupee font in open format

2010-07-21 Thread Linux Lingam
money is a very funny thing. if you discover you have a fake or a torn note in your pocket along with a perfectly legit and crisp one, you'd be tempted to use the first one immediately. people talk about the relative worthlessness of a small denomination, especially if it is heavily soiled. that

[ilugd] Rupee font in open format

2010-07-18 Thread Aveek Sen
Hi, Today in The Times of India it was published that a company has made a font for the new Rupee symbol in .ttf format. The link is: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Heres-how-to-download-new-rupee-symbol-for-free/articleshow/6182289.cms Then I read Gaurav Paliwal's article on how to

Re: [ilugd] Rupee font in open format

2010-07-18 Thread Nandeep Mali
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Aveek Sen avee...@gmail.com wrote: [...] I searched wikipedia found ttf is a proprietary format. Lets create a font using FreeType2 or other open format. We can use SVG to generate the vector image. There is a web based editor SVGedit:

Re: [ilugd] Rupee font in open format

2010-07-18 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Aveek Sen said on Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 03:28:10PM +0500,: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Heres-how-to-download-new-rupee-symbol-for-free/articleshow/6182289.cms Then I read Gaurav Paliwal's article on how to use the �same on Linux:http://bit.ly/cnWYQO Please, please do not

Re: [ilugd] Rupee font in open format

2010-07-18 Thread Nagarjuna G
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 10:17 PM, Mahesh T. Pai paiva...@gmail.com wrote: Please, please do not use these; the font uses a non-standard location / codepoint for the rupee sign. this document contains the code points for the various currency symbols. unicode.org/charts/PDF/U20A0.pdf -- GN

Re: [ilugd] Rupee font in open format

2010-07-18 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Nagarjuna G. said on Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 10:35:52PM +0530,: this document contains the code points for the various currency symbols. unicode.org/charts/PDF/U20A0.pdf And does not contain a code point for the new rupee symbol. There is a codepoint for the Rs glyps, but that cannot be

Re: [ilugd] Rupee font in open format

2010-07-18 Thread Nishant Prakash Kashyap
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 11:30 PM, narendra sisodiya naren...@narendrasisodiya.com wrote: On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 10:54 PM, Mahesh T. Pai paiva...@gmail.com wrote: Nagarjuna G. said on Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 10:35:52PM +0530,: this document contains the code points for the various

Re: [ilugd] Rupee font in open format

2010-07-18 Thread narendra sisodiya
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 11:50 PM, Nishant Prakash Kashyap npkash...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 11:30 PM, narendra sisodiya naren...@narendrasisodiya.com wrote: It will take a long time for rupee symbol acceptance in digital world. I disagree with your statement. It will