Re: Iranian Rial sign proposal

[Robert Brady]

On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Roozbeh Pournader wrote:

> It won't be. It's nothing more than a rendering of word Rial, sometimes
> narrower to fit in one column in fixed-width fonts. It doesn't have any
> international use, because it may be mistaken by Saudi Arabic Rials or
> things like that.

Well - the $ sign is there.. though it may be mistaken for Canadian
Dollars, Hong Kong Dollars, or even American Dollars...  (couldn't you
tell? I was using the Australian Dollar sign :)

(And even my nation's pound sign is nothing more than an L in a funny
font...)

The currency block is full of 'dubious' currency signs - the Rial sign
would probably be in good company. ;)

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Robert Brady
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