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Article #210Re: EuroCurrency
From: Marc Meier
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 00:00
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 00:00
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In article <na.fde951473b.a702a0richt@argonet.co.uk>, Richard Travers <URL:mailto:richt@argonet.co.uk> wrote: > > It may have escaped your notice that someone has designed a "Symbol" > for the ECU (whatever it is to be called). The symbol is best > described as the letter C with two horizontal cross-bars. > > Given that this symbol does not appear in any of the standard font sets, > nor in any printer font sets, I wonder if anyone has considered the > huge costs for industry, education and home computer users of up-grading > their fonts and their printers to accomodate the new symbol (it would, > after all, be highly embarrassing to be unable to print the currency > symbol for your own currency)? > > In the event that the UK eventually joins the common currency, is it > proposed that such costs should be funded by the government? What's the problem. You can simply write 'ECU'. I think the C is mainly designed as a symbol for the bank notes and coins and not as a general currency symbol. Marc
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