Simple, elegant and distinctive. Certainly the qualities I'd want for a currency symbol. I also tried writing it out by hand a few times, and it really is easy

Simple, elegant and distinctive. Certainly the qualities I'd want for a currency symbol. I also tried writing it out by hand a few times, and it really is easy and readable. I particularly liked how they included a blurred picture. Sure, you can't quite make out the = part of the design, but the general shape (well, it's a K) is enough. The one thing I didn't quite like was the variation with a serif. It just looks a little off. Perhaps the proportions don't quite line up--the parallel lines are too thin and close together. Beyond that, I'm not sure how to reconcile a serif with the two lines really close together. This is not to say it's bad, but I think it could be improved. It would be really cool to see this actually get adopted. Admittedly, I'm not too hopeful--concept art side projects like this tend to stay side projects--but you never know.