Re:UTF-8 Everywhere
by Symbiote on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @10:08AM
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The first point is just because of the keys on a keyboard.
I see many uses of "pounds" or "GBP" on HN. Anyone with the symbol on the keyboard (British and Irish obviously, plus several other European countries) types £. When people use a phone keyboard, and a long-press or symbol view shows $, £ and €, they can choose £.
Danish people use ½ and § (and £). These keys are labelled on the standard Danish Windows keyboard.
There's plenty of scope for implementing enough Unicode to support most Latin-like languages without going as far as supporting vertical or RTL text.
I see many uses of "pounds" or "GBP" on HN. Anyone with the symbol on the keyboard (British and Irish obviously, plus several other European countries) types £. When people use a phone keyboard, and a long-press or symbol view shows $, £ and €, they can choose £.
Danish people use ½ and § (and £). These keys are labelled on the standard Danish Windows keyboard.
There's plenty of scope for implementing enough Unicode to support most Latin-like languages without going as far as supporting vertical or RTL text.