Re: [indic] Indian Rupee symbol

2010-07-16 Thread Michael Everson
A proposal to add the character to the Unicode Standard and ISO/IEC 10646 was published yesterday. Seehttp://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n3862.pdf I have asked the representatives of the Government of India to the Consortium if they would like to revise the proposal into a joint

Re: [indic] Indian Rupee symbol

2010-07-16 Thread Christoph Päper
Michael Everson: A proposal to add the character to the Unicode Standard and ISO/IEC 10646 was published yesterday. http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n3862.pdf I’m not sure I’m getting this right. This is how I understand the issue: There is a rupee sign encoded at U+20A8. Its example

Re: [indic] Indian Rupee symbol

2010-07-16 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Michael Everson said on Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 08:34:24AM +0100,: encoding. At least in the Indian Press they are talking about Unicode and fonts and keyboards. :-) I guess inclusion in the UTS would be taken as a privelege, and a recognition of entry to the elite club. -- Mahesh T. Pai

Re: [indic] Indian Rupee symbol

2010-07-16 Thread Michael Everson
On 16 Jul 2010, at 09:28, Christoph Päper wrote: There is a rupee sign encoded at U+20A8. Yep. Its example glyph is a ligature ‘Rs’, i.e. roman script, thereby very Western. This is how it’s implemented in fonts, too, regardless of the scripts the font covers. Yep. This sign – similar

Re: [indic] Indian Rupee symbol

2010-07-16 Thread Martin J. Dürst
On 2010/07/16 16:34, Michael Everson wrote: A proposal to add the character to the Unicode Standard and ISO/IEC 10646 was published yesterday. See http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n3862.pdf The shape of the currency sign has been specified as “an amalgam” of the DEVANAGARI LETTER RA,

Re: [indic] Indian Rupee symbol

2010-07-16 Thread Michael Everson
On 16 Jul 2010, at 10:33, Martin J. Dürst wrote: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER RA? Shouldn't that be LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R? Heh. Heh. Heh. Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/

Re: [indic] Indian Rupee symbol

2010-07-16 Thread Tulasi
symbol To: Indic Discussion List in...@unicode.org, Unicode Mailing List unicode@unicode.org I am writing up the proposal to encode it. From: Michael Everson ever...@evertype.com Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 08:34:24 +0100 Subject: Re: [indic] Indian Rupee symbol To: Indic Discussion List

Re: [indic] Indian Rupee symbol

2010-07-16 Thread Michael Everson
On 16 Jul 2010, at 11:37, Tulasi wrote: Really quick! Like war time :-') How long it took for you to write this proposal? An hour or so. And what time have you uploaded to http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/ ? Nice job! Thank you. As I said, having had experience with the EURO SIGN,

Re: [indic] Indian Rupee symbol

2010-07-15 Thread Michael Everson
I am writing up the proposal to encode it. On 15 Jul 2010, at 10:54, N. Ganesan wrote: On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 4:08 AM, Dr Pavanaja pavan...@vishvakannada.com wrote: Now that Indian Rupee symbol has been finalised and accepted by the Indian Parliament can it go into Unicode ver 6.0?

Re: [indic] Indian Rupee symbol

2010-07-15 Thread Kent Karlsson
Den 2010-07-15 11.54, skrev N. Ganesan naa.gane...@gmail.com: On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 4:08 AM, Dr Pavanaja pavan...@vishvakannada.com wrote: Now that Indian Rupee symbol has been finalised and accepted  by the Indian Parliament can it go into Unicode ver 6.0? For a look at the new sign

Re: [indic] Indian Rupee symbol

2010-07-15 Thread N. Ganesan
On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 7:22 AM, Kent Karlsson kent.karlsso...@telia.com wrote: Den 2010-07-15 11.54, skrev N. Ganesan naa.gane...@gmail.com: On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 4:08 AM, Dr Pavanaja pavan...@vishvakannada.com wrote: Now that Indian Rupee symbol has been finalised and accepted  by the

RE: [indic] Indian Rupee symbol

2010-07-15 Thread John Dlugosz
; Unicode Mailing List Subject: Re: [indic] Indian Rupee symbol On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 4:08 AM, Dr Pavanaja pavan...@vishvakannada.com wrote: Now that Indian Rupee symbol has been finalised and accepted  by the Indian Parliament can it go into Unicode ver 6.0? For a look at the new sign

Re: [indic] Indian Rupee symbol

2010-07-15 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Michael Everson said on Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 11:24:50AM +0100,: I am writing up the proposal to encode it. the pressure is already on. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/Re-symbol-to-be-adopted-in-6-months/articleshow/6174850.cms