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Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Proposal to add the bitcoin symbol to Unicode
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What of this prior effort, proposing B-with-horizontal-bar (=C9=83)?
http://bitcoinsymbol.org/
They argue that B-with-2-vertical-bars is easily confused with the Thai
Bhat currency symbol, which is a B with a single vertical bar.
I'm not terribly fond of the B-with-horizontal-bar as a symbol, but it does
have the advantage that it is already in the Unicode glyph set, already
available on most Unicode enabled devices.
-Danny
On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 7:11 AM, Ken Shirriff via bitcoin-dev <
bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> Use of the bitcoin symbol in text is inconvenient, because the bitcoin
> symbol isn't in the Unicode standard. To fix this, I've written a proposa=
l
> to have the common B-with-vertical-bars bitcoin symbol added to Unicode.
> I've successfully proposed a new character for Unicode before, so I'm
> familiar with the process and think this has a good chance of succeeding.
> The proposal is at http://righto.com/bitcoin-unicode.pdf
>
> I received a suggestion to run this proposal by the bitcoin-dev group, so
> I hope this email is appropriate here. Endorsement by Bitcoin developers
> will help the Unicode Committee realize the importance of adding this
> symbol, so please let me know if you support this proposal.
>
> Thanks,
> Ken
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">What of this prior effort, proposing B-with-horizontal-bar=
(=C9=83)? <a href=3D"http://bitcoinsymbol.org/">http://bitcoinsymbol.org/<=
/a><div><br></div><div>They argue that B-with-2-vertical-bars is easily con=
fused with the Thai Bhat currency symbol, which is a B with a single vertic=
al bar.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>I'm not terribly fond of the B-w=
ith-horizontal-bar as a symbol, but it does have the advantage that it is a=
lready in the Unicode glyph set, already available on most Unicode enabled =
devices.</div><div><br></div><div>-Danny</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_ext=
ra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 7:11 AM, Ken Shir=
riff via bitcoin-dev <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:bitcoin-dev@li=
sts.linuxfoundation.org" target=3D"_blank">bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundatio=
n.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"m=
argin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"l=
tr"><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_quote">=
<div dir=3D"ltr">Use of the bitcoin symbol in text is inconvenient, because=
the bitcoin symbol isn't in the Unicode standard. To fix this, I'v=
e written a proposal to have the common B-with-vertical-bars bitcoin symbol=
added to Unicode. I've successfully proposed a new character for Unico=
de before, so I'm familiar with the process and think this has a good c=
hance of succeeding. The proposal is at=C2=A0<a href=3D"http://righto.com/b=
itcoin-unicode.pdf" target=3D"_blank">http://righto.com/bitcoin-unicode.pdf=
</a></div><div><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>I received a suggestion to r=
un this proposal by the bitcoin-dev group, so I hope this email is appropri=
ate here. Endorsement by Bitcoin developers will help the Unicode Committee=
realize the importance of adding this symbol, so please let me know if you=
support this proposal.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Ke=
n</div></div>
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