I think that Lateef had a good question. If it can be shown that the Re sign is often depicted as a single ligature glyph, then I would say, yes, it is a candidate for inclusion as a separate currency sign.
Andy Kenneth Whistler said: > Lateef Sagar Shaikh asked: > > > For Rupees Rs. sign is used, and for Rupee Re. sign is > > used, where as in Unicode only onle code point is > > present for Rs. Shouldn't there be a separate place > > for Re. as well? > > No. Rather than using U+20A8 RUPEE SIGN, ordinary typographic > practice would just be to use "Rs" or "Rs." for rupees and > "Re" or "Re." for rupee. As in "Rs 9.60 lakhs" and so on. > There are a number of examples where currency signs are just > abbreviations using ordinary letters. "DM" was widely used > for Deutschmarks, "dkr" for Danish kroner, and so on before > the switch to euros, for example. > > --Ken > >
