Kenneth Whistler wrote:
> [...] So it is possible that the lira sign
> simply derives from a draft list that was standardized
> without anyone ever spending time to debate the pound/lira
> symbol unification first. [...]
If it proves true that the lira sign was an unification fault, why not
stating it officially in the next book?
The current information is misleading:
00A3 POUND SIGN
= pound sterling, Irish punt
x (lira sign - 20A4)
20A4 LIRA SIGN
* Italy, Turkey
x (pound sign - 00A3)
Why not substituting it with something more sensible, e.g.:
00A3 POUND SIGN
= pound sterling, Irish punt, Italian lira, Turkish lira,
etc.
x (lira sign - 20A4)
20A4 LIRA SIGN
* Intended for lira, but not widely used.
* Preferred character for lira (Italy, Turkey, etc.) is
00A3.
x (pound sign - 00A3)
The Italian lira is not in circulation any more and, when it was, its symbol
was with U+00A3, which is the character Italian keyboards have on the key of
digit "3", in place of the US "#".
I don't know what's the situation in Turkey, Cyprus, Egypt, and so on, but I
would be very surprised to know that anyone ever used U+20A4.
_ Marco
