Am 21.05.2012 um 22:48 schrieb Peter Constable:
>> they will hardly want to use the old drachma sign (₯, U+20AF)—it’s very
>> old-fashioned and not in line with currency symbols in general.
>
> Well, it's available and not being used for anything else. And it's probably
> even well supported already: they couldn't do much better than to make use of
> it.
I still consider the eager heralding of a new “Turkish Lira” by the UTC highly
questionable, to say the least.
That poor design piece Mr. Erdogan so proudly presented to the photographers is
a propagandistic endeavour, it has little to do with understanding of the
nature of currency signs or of characters (in the UC sense of the word).
There IS still the character LIRA at 20A4 which would do very well for the
Turks.
Now the resurrection of the Drachma is upon us. And yes, there is a character
DRACHMA in the standard, but to state it is “out of fashion” out of a feeling
of flavour does not help much and then somebody else will step in announcing
“Ladies and Gentlemen: the NEW DRACHMA SIGN…” etcª etcª. Yet another strike of
governmental design foolery to come, rubber-stamped by the UTC?
I always wondered about the strange Drachma glyph in the standard: a Latin
script D connected to a greek rho. However, this glyph should not be the
problem, other glyphs are possible. Designing glyphs is one thing, deciding
upon characters is another one. If only we could sort it out.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Andreas Stötzner.
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