[Ubuntu-PH] The Peso Sign for Ubuntu

[Erwin Olario]

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On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 12:06 PM, JC John Sese Cuneta
<jcjohn at laibcoms.asia>wrote:

>  Good Morning!
>
>     I just want to propose to the group that we file a proposal to change
> the Dollar Sign that is currently included as default for "en-PH" of Ubuntu,
> with the Peso sign which have been available since Unicode v3.2.
>
>     There are two ways we can go with this.
>
>     Option #1:
>     Shift+4 will be replaced with the real ₱ sign.
>     Add CTRL+Shift+4 which will represent the $ sign.
>
>     Option #2:
>     Shift+4 will stay as-is, the $ sign.
>     Add CTRL+Shift+4 as the real ₱ sign.
>
>     Areas for changes:
>     1) Keyboard Preferences
>           Options #1 and #2 above requires the creation of a new Keyboard
> layout for the Philippines.
>     2) Regional Settings - note: Gnome doesn't offer an interface for
> Regional Settings (KDE wins here :p )
>           Change the currency to ₱ sign.
>           => /usr/share/i18n/locales then look for en_PH
>           => scroll down to LC_MONETARY
>                    you'll see the ff:
>                             int_curr_symbol
> "<U0050><U0048><U0050><U0020>"   (my note: it translates to "PHP "
> [PHPspace])
>                             currency_symbol       "<U0050><U0068><U0070>"
> (my note: it translates to "Php")
>
>                    The int_curr_symbol stays as-is.
>                    The currency_symbol can be changed to "<U20B1>"  which
> will translate to "₱".
>                    So now we have:
>                             int_curr_symbol
> "<U0050><U0048><U0050><U0020>"
>                             currency_symbol       "<U20B1>"
>
>     The #1 question: Font support.
>           If you are seeing the real Peso sign above, then your system have
> the appropriate fonts.  You can also test here:
> http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/20b1/browsertest.htm
>
>           Here are the fonts with support for the Peso sign:
> http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/20b1/fontsupport.htm
>           Once you open that page, click also on the link: Local Font List<http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/font/fontlist.htm?text=%E2%82%B1+-+PESO+SIGN+%28U%2B20B1%29>
>
>           More likely than not, you will be surprised that all your local
> Linux fonts have a Peso sign support.  That is actually (if I am not
> mistaken) a feature of Linux - the system searches each font before it tells
> you that it doesn't have that glyph.
>
>           Point here, under Linux, the fonts with the real Peso sign
> included are installed by default on Linux or at least in Ubuntu (since I
> haven't tested other distros), so we don't really have a font support
> problem re: Peso sign.  ^_^
>
>         (special note:  I tested this against Windows .  I copied a Linux
> font that's compatible with Windows, booted to WinXP, installed the font,
> re-booted XP, then did the test.  The font that was detected to have a
> "Peso" sign "glyph" wasn't detected to have one under Windows.  And if I
> open the font under Fontforge, it's the same, no Peso sign.  So I come to
> the conclusion that it is a Linux feature to use another font's glyph to
> render the glyph that is missing on a particular font.)
>
>
>           Here's more info:
> http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/20b1/index.htm
>
>     Un.  Mabuhay!  Let's not put the Peso sign to waste :p  (selfish plug:
> http://laibcoms.asia/blog/labox/general5/how-to-type-the-peso-sign )
>
> Best Regards,
>
> --
> JC John Sese Cuneta
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