Re: [fsug-tvm] Fwd: [nitdgplug] Rupee font in open format

2010-07-19 Thread Manilal K M 
On 19 July 2010 20:14, Visakh  wrote:
> Hi,
>  I have to disagree with you on one matter Nishan. We must actively
> discourage such efforts. When there is no overall standard for doing
> something, people will propagate several conflicting ad-hoc standards.
> And when the real standard does arrive, it will take a long time to
> subdue the rest. Remember how much problem the conflicting Mathrubhumi
> and Manorama fonts used to cause? And remember how much time it took
> for Mathrubhumi and Manorama to accept Unicode after it was
> established? They didn't even bother to follow the set ISCII standard.

[OT]
I don't think Manorama have ever used unicode font. I still have to
depend on Padma to read their sites(manormaonline.com &
manoramanews.com)


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Re: [fsug-tvm] Fwd: [nitdgplug] Rupee font in open format

2010-07-18 Thread Nishan Naseer 
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 7:52 AM, Aveek Sen  wrote:

>
> On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Aveek Sen  wrote:
>
>>  We can use SVG to
>> generate the vector image.
>
>
> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Indian_Rupee_symbol.svg
>
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I am not discouraging the effort, but wouldn't it be better we wait until
Unicode comes up with a standard code point for the new Rupee Symbol?

There is already a
proposal submitted
for consideration.

Thanks,
Nishan

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