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Placing the currency symbol after the amount is indeed the most common usage in Italy. I have no idea why, but if I had to guess, I think it might be because ba
by qsort 6y ago
Placing the currency symbol after the amount is indeed the most common usage in Italy. I have no idea why, but if I had to guess, I think it might be because back when Italy had Liras the same pattern was used (i.e. 1000L instead of L1000).
- ahartmetz 6y agoI guess it's treated like physical units and pseudo-units: 0,5l of beer with 5% alcohol for 3,50€, that makes sense, no? ;) (IIRC German typography says one should put a half-space between quantity and unit, and if that is unavailable, no space.)