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Encyclopedia > Currency (typography)

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) – 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.


Other Known usage:

  • Alternative separator in CSV files.
  • Delete sign when typing on paper for later OCR processing
    • ¤ : delete previous character
    • ¤¤ : delete previous word (i.e. back to previous space character)
    • ¤¤¤ : delete entire line

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Production First Software Encyclopedia of Typography and Electronic Communication : E (4295 words)
Encyclopædia of Typography and Electronic Communication A large and continuously updated compendium of information on alphabets and scripts, calligraphy, digital special effects, electronic communication, font resource technology, graphic arts, graphical special effects, language arts, messaging, printing, typography, typesetting, webcasting, word processing, and writing systems; and developed, researched, and written by Production First Software.
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.
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