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Re: Regarding the new Saudi riyal currency symbol
A Unicode blog about the riyal was posted late last week with some general guidance about implementations and timelines: The Unicode Blog: Support for the New Saudi Riyal Currency Symbol As stated in…1 -
Re: Regarding the new Saudi riyal currency symbol
For more info as to why U+FDFC cannot be used for the new Saudi riyal currency sign, see the following document prepared by the working group under the Unicode Technical Committee that reviews encodi…3 -
Re: How much creative freedom in drawing currency symbols
The Unicode character U+FDFC RIAL SIGN was encoded for use in Iran, based on a proposal submitted by the High Council of Informatics of Iran. That proposal did not show any examples of ligated glyphs…1 -
Regarding the new Saudi riyal currency symbol
Many people have noted that the Saudi Arabic Central Bank recently launched a new symbol to represent the Saudi riyal currency. Naturally, people want to start using it right away, and that has led t…12 -
Re: How much creative freedom in drawing currency symbols
I'll post this in a separate topic for better discoverability, but will repeat here: the character currently encoded in Unicode, U+FDFC RIAL SIGN, is not the same character as the new Saudi riyal cur…2
