Pesetas: Pt. or PTS?

[MJS]

Although in the Currency dialog Pesetas are listed as Pt., they are displayed in-game as PTS. That makes finance tables hard to read, as the S is exactly like a 5 - making me always mistake PTS12.345 for PT512.345. Could the PTS be replaced by Pt.?

[fire87]

I thought it was Pts actually..

[MJS]

Hmm...well...yes, you're probably right...but that doesn't make it less of a problem that an S looks so much like a 5. Any other solutions then? Maybe put a "." or an extra space after PTS?

[Sanchimaru]

The S is obviously for plural. So there was not a specific one, some times you had Pt. and some times Pts. There was even Ptas. What I don't understand is why the currency mark in english is written before the ammount, when it is readed after... or do you say "I have pounds twenty" or "it costs dollars five"? If the currency mark was after the number, there would not be such problem
Actually a way to solve that problem is to list them as "Pts." Without the caps and / or with dot, so that it is easier to recognize.

[OzTrans]

You are aware, that you can have the currency symbol after the amounts; specify 'morecurrencies 2' in ttdpatch.cfg.

[Sanchimaru]

Ah, yes yes, by the way. I have it configured that way
But I was just curious, there must be an explanation for the order of the currency symbol being swapped, surely.

[Flamelord]

Perhaps for similar reasons that spanish uses a pre-interrogative marking? The also use a pre-exclamatory marking...

I would guess that it's just easier for the reader to know what they are trying to read, so they put the symbol first.