Hello Marten, On Tue, 22 May 2007 20:31:29 +0100 GMT (23/05/2007, 02:31 +0700 GMT), Marten Gallagher wrote:
MG> The various reponses indicates why its a generally bad idea to use currency MG> symbols in email. Different machines display the symbol differently. That shouldn't be the case, if the encoding is correct. MG> Thus all currency should be, I would suggest, follow this protocol: MG> http://www.jhall.demon.co.uk/currency/by_abbrev.html Looks to me like the bankers' codes. That's based on SWIFT, which uses only low-ASCII charaters. But in emails people like to use the symbol, such as HK$ instead of HKD, ¥ instead of JYE, or € instead of EUR. And why not? Email offers the choice. You can even write in Chinese these days (but I won't bore you with the Yuan symbol). MG> eg: UK pounds = GBP There is (was?) also UKP. However, typing £ is easier for the Brits, as they have a key for it on their keyboard. -- Cheers, Thomas. Would a fly without wings be called a walk? http://thomas.fernandez.hat-gar-keine-homepage.de/ Message reply created with The Bat! 3.99.3 under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 ________________________________________________ Current version is 3.99 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
