The currency sign (¤) is the character used by any societies when the symbol for their own currency is unavailable. This is commonly used by people who use Rupees (₨), or Colóns (₡) because the symbols are not always added to all fonts. The Rupee (⨠or Rs. ... The colón is the currency of two Central American nations: Costa Rica (ISO 4217 three-letter currency code: CRC) see Costa Rican colón El Salvador (ISO 4217: SVC) â since 2001 used in parallel with the United States dollar; see dollarization, El Salvador colón. ...
It is defined by Unicode as Currency Sign, and mapped at 0×00A4. In HTML/SGML, the character entity ¤ may be used.
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At that time, a sizable portion of typographic work was still done either by using analog photographic techniques (like phototypositors and analog camera anamorphic special effects) or by proprietary typesetting computer systems.
Engraved A typeface letterform design where shaded portions within a stem or stroke are simulated by close parallel or crosshatched lines.