Hoping to grab a place alongside the U.S. dollar, the British pound, the Japanese yen, and the euro, India is looking to design a symbol to represent its currency, the rupee. Any suggestions? [%comments]
India to Rupee: What’s Your Sign?
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Ah, so they did think long and hard about the euro, only to come up with a lower case e with a line through it. Mighty!
You know, in the world of the typewriter I’d say just use R backspace – or | or /, but you can’t do that easily on a computer. No, you have to make a whole new thing that requires loading a whole new font. Geez, just go with INR or something, that’s already a standard notation. Print it in gold or silver on your money, maybe it will catch on. ( you know, like AIG )
Given its name, the most appropriate sign would be a hexagon, stretched upon an axis between two opposite vertices, with that axis vertical. Bonus points if they make it flash.
I think an underlined cursive R would be best in terms of logistics. It’s easy to write and there would no need for computers to create new symbols.
I will have to agree with the orange hexagon squad. It would be the most easily recognize foreign country symbol to date.
I glad I’m not the only one who thought of Zelda as a quickfix, A hexagonal crystal has to be the easy way to go.
In “The Legend of Zelda”, Rupees were denoted by different colored crystals, then an ‘x’. Seemed intuitive to me!
There already is a Unicode number for the Rupee – 20A8, although I think it is just an Rp ligature.
I think the wheel located on the Indian flag would do the trick.