On 28 Jun 2010, at 06:41, Mahesh T. Pai wrote:

> Mahesh T. Pai said on Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 10:57:53AM +0530,:
> 
>> On a serious note -
>> 
>> 1. Would a change of glypn / glyph shape be considered? 

It would depend on what is chosen by the Government, I should think.

>> 2. What are the origins of that character?
> 
> I feel that an answer is important, because the code chart specifically 
> mentions this as the Indian rupee sign.
> 
> http://unicode.org/charts/PDF/U20A0.pdf

It's OK. All a new character would need is a unique name.

I imagine that the Rs symbol (₨) is used outside of India.

Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/



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