Talk:Currency symbol

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MOSNUM discussion about sterling sign

MOS:MOSNUM has a discussion about § MOS:£: sterling. ping John Maynard Friedman. DePiep (talk) 18:09, 25 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

ditto @NotReallySoroka: --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 18:40, 25 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Chinese yuan

For content/text search purposes I tried to change Renminbi yuan into Chinese Renminbi yuan but somehow I cannot properly edit the table. Who can help out?

Simon de Danser (talk) 03:54, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 09:12, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fonts - Euro Sign

In some fonts, the Euro sign (€) (option shift 2) not used as the original font. However I disapprove of the idea of the sentences/paragraphs below.

"There are other considerations, such as how the symbol is rendered on computers and typesetting. For a new symbol to be used, its glyphs needs to be added to computer fonts and keyboard mappings already in widespread use, and keyboard layouts need to be altered or shortcuts added to type the new symbol. For example, the European Commission was criticized for not considering how the euro sign would need to be customized to work in different fonts. The original design was also exceptionally wide. These two factors have led to most type foundries designing customized versions that match the 'look and feel' of the font to which it is to be added, often with reduced width."

Most fonts, such as Arial is not completely a copycat of the original one. If I create a font, I won't copy the original one because I don't want to be a "font copycat". Just like the "at" sign, many fonts in sans-serif Linotype fonts are copied from Helvetica's at sign.

The font "Times New Roman" is a revival of the original font called times, Published by Monotype and Microsoft. The symbols 'at' and 'euro' are completely resigned from the original one.

In the font Times (by Linotype), the euro sign is sans-serif and used as an exact copy cat of the original logo, because of this reason, I HATE using this font.

This is the preview of the euro sign (I'm Using Noto sans): €

This is my pixel font:

MarcoToa1 (talk) 07:43, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

In the official Unicode PDF, the euro sign is not a copy-cat from the original design:

See: https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U20A0.pdf MarcoToa1 (talk) 07:46, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Most fonts' euro sign are NOT copied from the original one, it's just a redesign. In FontStruct, NO fonts are copied from the original one. MarcoToa1 (talk) 07:50, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

For example, the font Big Caslon is an exact copycat of the original one MarcoToa1 (talk) 07:52, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think you have missed a key point, so maybe the article needs to be reworded to make it clear. When the European Commission (or maybe it was the European Central Bank, doesn't matter) announced their new currency symbol, it declared that its proportions should be exactly as they specified. In this, they followed the precedents for the estimated sign and the CE mark. The response from type designers was a chorus of disapproval. Faced with the prospect of not getting any acceptance, it appears that they backed down. So the essential point that section is trying to make is that the authorities can't expect to impose a precise design to be used irrespective of context. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 08:05, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]