At 12:37 -0500 2002-02-28, Tex Texin wrote: >My understanding is that there are no firm rules for formatting currency >in euros and that it is expected that the formats or practices used >prior to the change to euros would continue with the euro symbol >repacing the old currency. So I guess I should have said that the >formatting of the euros in Portugal would be (expected to be) as above >with escudos replaced with euros.
This is also my understanding. >I would be glad to learn any information about what is really occuring >in practice in each of the euro-using countries with regards to >formatting the currency. So would I, so I can update my page at http://www.evertype.com/standards/euro/format.html Currently that page gives the information I could glean from Apple's locales and then replacing the old currency with the euro sign. It has been pointed out to me that I need to put in a disclaimer so people don't think it's more standard than it is. -- Michael Everson *** Everson Typography *** http://www.evertype.com
