[smc-discuss] Rupee symbol in our fonts

[Mahesh T. Pai]

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On Tuesday 25 January 2011 06:30 PM, Santhosh Thottingal wrote:

> In Gnu/Linux desktops if a glyph is not found in a selected font, it
> will use the glyph available from a fallback font. So if rupees symbol

What if the fall back font is not installed?

> is not there in meera or any font we maintain, it will be taken from
> ubuntu or sans/serf fonts.

I have no ubuntu related packages on this system.

> Should we add rupees symbol in our font? If so why? What are the pros
> and cons of depending on fallback font?

Like Kevin & Siji said, it also a matter of font styling - kerning,
spacing, etc.
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