[mailto:unicode-bou...@unicode.org] *Puolesta *Marc Blanchet
*Lähetetty:* 13. joulukuuta 2013 00:00
*Vastaanottaja:* Asmus Freytag
*Kopio:* verd...@wanadoo.fr; William_J_G Overington; Michael Everson;
unicode Unicode Discussion
*Aihe:* Re: The Ruble sign has been approved
Le 2013-12-12 à 13:42, Asmus
; Michael Everson; unicode
Unicode Discussion
Aihe: Re: The Ruble sign has been approved
Le 2013-12-12 à 13:42, Asmus Freytag a écrit :
The Euro was the first currency symbol added which was presented to the
world as a logo.
In the context of encoding the character, the UTC and WG2
Le 2013-12-12 à 13:42, Asmus Freytag a écrit :
> The Euro was the first currency symbol added which was presented to the world
> as a logo.
> In the context of encoding the character, the UTC and WG2 (quite correctly)
> at the time made clear that what was being encoded was a generic character
The Euro was the first currency symbol added which was presented to the
world as a logo.
In the context of encoding the character, the UTC and WG2 (quite
correctly) at the time made clear that what was being encoded was a
generic character code that encompasses all font designs and that use of
On 12/12/13 15:14, William_J_G Overington wrote:
Michael Everson wrote:
I’m already on it.
Excellent.
Would it be possible please for encoding to include specific official guidance,
going back to a source with provenance, as to whether a glyph for the symbol in
a serif font should or shoul
In my opinion, this is going too far for the UTC. Such guidance can only
come from Russian authorities for the application of its law, where it is
relevant to apply it. Even for the Euro, there's ample variations allowed
in Unicode, that does not affect conformance, even if there may be further
res
Michael Everson wrote:
> I’m already on it.
Excellent.
Would it be possible please for encoding to include specific official guidance,
going back to a source with provenance, as to whether a glyph for the symbol in
a serif font should or should not have serifs?
William Overington
12 Decembe
Michel Suignard, Thu, 12 Dec 2013 02:54:37 +:
> < is *also* usable in western styles, without being restricted to the
> Cyrillic script, even if the character is encoded in a Cyrcillic
> block.>>
>
> Could everyone stop using 0554 as being a character in a Cyrillic bloc!
> It is 0554 ARMENI
<>
Could everyone stop using 0554 as being a character in a Cyrillic bloc!
It is 0554 ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER KEH.
As far as I know Armenia has not been yet assimilated by the Russians (although
they are working hard on it ;-)
Michel
PS It was a good joke, some didn't get the memo
2013/12/12 Leo Broukhis
> Joking aside, the ruble sign is intended as a character adaptable to
> Western-style typefaces (roman/italic, serif/sanserif, etc), and U+0554
> doesn't easily lend itself to that.
>
Given that the standard is widely adaptable, just means that U+0554 is
*also* usable in
Joking aside, the ruble sign is intended as a character adaptable to
Western-style typefaces (roman/italic, serif/sanserif, etc), and U+0554
doesn't easily lend itself to that.
Out of the five "finalists" (shown here:
http://lenta.ru/news/2013/11/05/symbol/) the winner satisfies that
criterion the
Thank you!
Leo
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 2:52 PM, Michael Everson wrote:
> I’m already on it.
>
> On 11 Dec 2013, at 23:51, Leo Broukhis wrote:
>
> > The board of directors of the Central Bank of Russia has [finally]
> approved the de facto standard ruble sign.
> >
> > http://lenta.ru/news/2013/
"In Russia... The de facto standard ruble sign approves the board of
directors..." ;)
On Dec 11, 2013, at 8:11 AM, Leo Broukhis wrote:
The board of directors of the Central Bank of Russia has [finally] approved
the de facto standard ruble sign.
http://lenta.ru/news/2013/12/11/symbol/
Leo
I’m already on it.
On 11 Dec 2013, at 23:51, Leo Broukhis wrote:
> The board of directors of the Central Bank of Russia has [finally] approved
> the de facto standard ruble sign.
>
> http://lenta.ru/news/2013/12/11/symbol/
>
> Leo
Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/
Fortunately, we have it already encoded at U+0554 ;-)
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 7:51 AM, Leo Broukhis wrote:
> The board of directors of the Central Bank of Russia has [finally]
> approved the de facto standard ruble sign.
>
> http://lenta.ru/news/2013/12/11/symbol/
>
> Leo
>
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