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Re: Y [was: "Re: new sigil"]

From:
Michele Dondi
Date:
October 21, 2005 07:12
Subject:
Re: Y [was: "Re: new sigil"]
Message ID:
Pine.LNX.4.62.0510211611090.568@spock.pcteor1.mi.infn.it
On Thu, 20 Oct 2005, Rutger Vos wrote:

>>  _one_ charachter. But Y, compared to ¥, is one charachter only as well, 
>>  and is even more visually distinctive with most fonts I know of, afaict, 
>>  so is there any good reason to keep the latter as the "official" one?!?
>
> Do you even need to ask? It's because it *looks cool* :)

Does it? Guillemets _do_ look kool, but I don't by the argument for the 
Yen symbol...


Michele
-- 
>Is e+pi a rational or irrational number?
Yes, it is.
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