Indian Rupee Gets a Symbol
The Rupee, the currency of India, now has a real-life, big-boy symbol, in the manner of the Dollar, Pound, Euro, and Yen. Previously, Rupees was abbreviated Rs, and while the ligature has a certain uniqueness, it was decided that the Rupee should be more distinct and Indian.
After a contest of nearly 3000 entries, Uday Kumar, a graduate student from Bombay, won the task.
I learned of the story on Design Observer, but a more in-depth article, with video, is available from The Times of India.
So two obvious questions: what do you think? Especially you type designers. Second, where’s the Chinese Yuan?
Also worth noting that the Swiss Franc doesn’t have a symbol, but is, for some reason, abbreviated CHF. Dunno what’s with that.
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// 16 July 2010, 13:16
The Swiss internet domain extension is also [dot]ch. But in the two languages spoken there (French and German), neither one’s translation of “Switzerland” begins with the letters CH. (French is Suisse and German is Schweiz). So weird! What’s up with the Swiss and using the letters CH?
// 22 July 2010, 22:37
Little late, but CHF comes from the traditional name for Switzerland. CHF stands for Confederation Helvetica Franc. The name Confederation Helvetica appears on every Franc coin and bill.