Howdy, Eurozone friends, I'm looking to localize my screenshots for Bills to Budgets, not a full localization, but just for currencies and date formats.
I know some countries put the € before the amount, and some do it after, and I've also heard that the convention when presented with English (which all of the text will be) is to put the symbol before the amount.
Is that how you would expect it to be presented in a screenshot? Or would it be more suitable to match the locale?
@matt1corey I live in a € country and these look fine
Thousands and decimal separators are different in different countries though. These are all correct somewhere:
€1,377.45
€1.377,45
€1 377.45 (or 1 377.45€)
The thing is, € is used in many different countries with different locale conventions. I don’t know if there is a single canonical correct way. It doesn’t really matter too much I think
@matt1corey don’t overthink it and waste too much time on it. I (and I think most people in €) am used to seeing these variations and it doesn’t really bother me at all on screenshots
Edit: … of course, as long as the app itself just uses my device locale and locale-aware formatters correctly. Apple’s formatters are great
@jaanus yep - the app uses the formaters, and what I’m really hoping to convey is that the currency is localized, so you won’t be forced into the $.
Keeping it simple is definitely the right advice, at least to start with - thanks!
Matt Corey
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