On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 11:36:17AM +0200, Matijs van Zuijlen wrote: > On Sun, Apr 28, 2002 at 03:36:54PM -0700, Eric G. Miller wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 28, 2002 at 10:35:54PM +0200, Matijs van Zuijlen wrote: > > > will just display EUR instead of either the euro sign or the > > > ring-with-four-dashes sign (what is that anyway?) in different places. > > > > The currency symbol "ยค"? > > Yes. That's what I mean. Where is it used as a currency symbol? Does it > just mean: "What follows is money"?
It's known as the "generic currency symbol". From what I can gather, it seems to be there as a position where font designers can insert a nationally-appropriate currency symbol. For an interesting discussion of this symbol, see: http://www.textmatters.com/pipermail/members/2002-February/015442.html I have no idea how accurate this is! -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
