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Article #6918Symbol for money.
From: Alt
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 00:00
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 00:00
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Hello there.
I am not a designer, or will be better to say "not quite designer".
I have an interest to several programmers languages.
And you know I do not like that almost all of such languages
has a american national attribute, it's a symbol of dollar.
I do not hate Americans but think that using of such symbol is not
correct.
And there is not possible to keep such symbol alone.
Because there is not too many "special" symbols ASCII has.
Implementing of top symbols also impossible because there is no single
their treatment.
I propose to substitute the symbol of dollar by neural symbol of money.
How to mark it ?
I propose use for such goal letter "A" with two horizontal lines instead
single.
Why ?
1. A - first letter of alphabet, in such way it is associated with
something beginning, simple, native, color less.
2. A - has simple graphics. It made such letter ideal for symbol of
money.
3. A - could be treated like a view at the top pyramid, doubled
horizontal line cuts top of such pyramid.
As you know pyramid without top piece is a de-facto symbol of
money.
I promised do not post here binaries,
sorry again,
but in this case it's not binary, just XPM, which has symbolic content.
--Alt
P.S. If somebody looking for console font with such symbol. please refer
to me.
/* XPM */
static_char * Amoney xpm[] = {
"121 16 3 1",
" c None",
"_ c #FFFFFF",
"# c #000000",
"_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________",
"______________________##_________________________________________________________________________________________________",
"______________________##___________________#________________________________________##___________________________________",
"____#________#______#####____#####_________#______####_#_____##________##_________######____#####_______##________##_____",
"___###______###____##___##__##___##______####_#__##___##_____##________##________##_##_##__##___##______##________##_____",
"__##_##____##_##___##____#__##___##_____##_#_##__##____#_____##________##________##_##_____##__________####______####____",
"_##___##__##___##__##________##_________##_#__#___###_______####______#_##________####______###________#__#______#__#____",
"_#######__##___##___#####_____###_______##_#_______####_____#_##______#_##__________###_______###_____##__##____##__##___",
"_##___##__#######_______##______##_______#####_______###____#_##____########________####________##____##__##___########__",
"_#######__##___##_______##_______##________#_##_______##___######____#___##_________##_##________##___######____#____#___",
"_##___##__##___##__#____##__##___##_____#__#_##__#____##___#___##___########_____##_##_##__##____##__##____##__########__",
"_##___##__##___##__##___##__##___##_____##_#_##__##___##___#___##____#___##______##_##_##__##____##__##____##__##____##__",
"_##___##__##___##___#####____#####______#_####___#_####___###_####__###_####______######____######___##____##__##____##__",
"______________________##___________________#________________________________________##___________________________________",
"______________________##___________________#_____________________________________________________________________________",
"_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________"};
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