[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 100849] Currency icon is har =?UTF-8?Q?dcoded=20to=20=E2=80=9C=24=E2=80=9D?=, which is inappropriate to locales not using dollars

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=100849

--- Comment #14 from Yousuf Philips (jay) <philipz85 at hotmail.com> ---
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #13)
> I'm primed to euro, the dollar symbol looks very similar to paragraph to me.

Not sure how $ looks similar to ¶ though.

> People from the U.K. may prefer a pound sign, the yen is something
> completely different, etc.

Yes many users would prefer to see their local currency symbol used on the
'Format as Currency' button, but i doubt that people are going to spend time
creating icons for each locale and in all icon themes.

> Let's understand currency as a symbol that we
> have to identify independent from the locale setting, similar to languages
> and flags.

The dollar sign is quite universal when it comes to money/currency[1] and is
visible in most keyboard layouts with Shift+4. Many currencies use the dollar
sign as or within their currency symbol[2] and the sign is used by 4 out of the
top 10 traded currencies[3].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollar_sign
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollar
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Most_traded_currencies

> That means we require _one_ symbol that stands for money - Donald Duck maybe?

I think you mean Scrooge McDuck. :D
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrooge_McDuck

> Here are some better ideas https://thenounproject.com/search/?q=money

Most of the icons either contain a bill or a dollar sign, but lets not forget
that we need something that looks good at large (24x24) and small (16x16) icon
sizes.

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