I had thought that the glyphs were not part of the UNICODE or ISO 10646 standards and only serve as a reference.
See the Disclaimer in http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode5.2.0/ch17.pdf. Jony > -----Original Message----- > From: unicode-bou...@unicode.org [mailto:unicode-bou...@unicode.org] On > Behalf Of Michael Everson > Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 10:53 AM > To: unicode Unicode Discussion > Subject: Re: Indian Rupee Sign (U+20B9) proposal > > On 29 Jul 2010, at 04:43, Tulasi wrote: > > >> It is good that M. Everson's proposal and Govt. of India proposal > are converging. > > > > No its not good! > > I'm so sorry to disappoint you. > > > M. Everson's proposal be withdrawn, he rushed hastily. > > No, I didn't. > > > His font design is out of his mind, not from the drawing. > > That's because my font design takes a Times-like Latin R as the basis > for the design. > > > He cut left vertical bar of English alphabet "R" from an existing TTF > font, then place two rectangler bar in parallel :-') > > Yes, indeed I did. And this is just what we do for the EURO SIGN (a C > with bars), the YEN SIGN (a Y with bars) and so on. See > http://www.evertype.com/standards/euro/euroglyph.html for example. > > > This is not what it is in the drawing or JPG image. > > That's because what THEY did was to take an Arial-like Latin R as the > basis for the design. > > > Enlarge both in PDF, see yourself before encouraging. ISO technical > committee shall place it on "Currency block" only to keep stuff > uniform. > > No. We will put it in the "Currency Symbols" block because the > character does not belong to either the Devanagari or the Latin script. > Please note that all of the referene glyphs > > > You may not like my critic -> > > Since you ask, I (for my part) do not like an attitude of wilfully > antagonistic hostility, particularly when it is pointless. > > > I do not see any Unicode role on India Rupee symbol :) > > It doesn't really matter. Though the Government of India have put > forward a proposal. > > > ISO will approve it anyway. > > You'd better hope so. > > Have a nice day, > Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/ > >
