It's something that most people don't consider - and shouldn't have to, really. How does a new currency symbol end up supported by every computer and phone in the world?

The process to ensure our text communications interchange consistently now and for decades (and centuries?) to come isn't taken lightly by anyone at Unicode.

And the fact that it is so human-dependant, is what also makes it interesting. https://blog.unicode.org/2026/02/from-central-bank-to-code-point-roadmap.html

From Central Bank to Code Point: A Roadmap for Currency Symbol Implementation

I n the past year, several new currency symbols have been proposed for encoding in the Unicode Standard: February 2025: The Saudi Central Ba...