On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 5:08 AM, Peter Constable <[email protected]> wrote: > None of that changes the reality that the symbol in question _has_ started > to be used in commerce, that government agencies are starting to expect ICTs > to support the symbol, and hence that implementers are for better or worse > required to start supporting it if they are to meet their users’ / > customers’ needs.
Any reason why the glyph of the current existing character 20A4 ₤ LIRA SIGN could not have been changed instead? The glyph is similar to that of 00A3 £ POUND SIGN, and 20A4 was *anyway* not used in favour of 00A3, so it's not as if any other users of the lira would object (unlike in the case of the rupee sign). Refs: annotation to 20A4 LIRA SIGN "intended for lira, but not widely used" annotation to 00A3 POUND SIGN "pound sterling, Irish punt, Italian lira, Turkish lira, etc" -- Shriramana Sharma
