This article is about the specific symbol for an unspecified currency. For currency signs and symbols in general, see Currency symbol.
The currency sign¤ is a character used to denote an unspecified currency. It can be described as a circle the size of a lowercase character with four short radiating arms at 45° (NE), 135° (SE), 225° (SW) and 315° (NW). It is raised slightly above the baseline. The character is sometimes called scarab.[1]: 5
The symbol was first encoded for computers in 1972, as a placeholder for national currency symbols such as the dollar sign, in national variants (ISO 646) of ASCII and the International Reference Variant.[2] It was proposed by Italy[3] as an alternative (to the dollar sign) at 0x24. In reality, most national standards retained the dollar sign as too important.[1]: 6 ASCII and ISO 646 were specified as 7-bit encoding, which allowed for 96 printable characters and 32 control codes. The character is used in the GSM default 7-bit encoding as specified in 3GPP TS 23.038 / GSM 03.38 at 0x24.
The introduction of 8-bit encoding and the ISO/IEC 8859 code pages meant that all major national currency symbols (in use at the time) could be accommodated. When ISO 8859 was standardized, this symbol was placed at code point 0xA4 in the Latin, Arabic, and Hebrew character sets. The Cyrillic set included it in early drafts, but it was removed in the published version in favour of including the section sign, §,[a] and it was not included in all later added Latin sets. In Soviet computer systems (usually using some variant of KOI character set) this symbol was placed at the code point used by the dollar sign in ASCII. ISO Latin9 reallocated the code point used for this symbol to the euro sign, €, but this standard failed to gain significant acceptance given the dominance at the time of Microsoft's Windows-1252 code page. In the modern era, the Unicode standard gives each of the major currency symbols – and this one – its own unique and device-independent code point, with implementation (or lack of) left to font designers.
Other usesedit
The symbol is used as a non-printing "end of cell" marker for tables in Microsoft Word.[6]
Unicodeedit
It is represented in Unicode as U+00A4¤CURRENCY SIGN (¤)
Keyboard entryedit
The symbol is available on some keyboard layouts, for example, French, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Estonian, Slovak and Hungarian.[7]
Otherwise, it may be typed
in Windows using Alt+0164
US international setting in Windows: AltGr+4 (with this setting, the right-hand Alt key acts as an AltGr key)
The currency sign was once a part of the Mac OS Roman character set, but Apple changed the symbol at that code point to the euro sign in Mac OS 8.5. In pre-Unicode Windows character sets (Windows-1252), the generic currency sign was retained at 0xA4 and the euro sign was introduced as a new code point, at 0x80 in the little used (by Microsoft) control-code space 0x80 to 0x9F.
^ISO-9959-5 was adopted from ECMA-113, beginning with ECMA-113's 1988 edition, although a superseded draft of ISO-8859-5 (DIS-8859-5:1987) did exist following the 1986 edition of ECMA-113. Although the 1988 edition[4] and the 1986 edition[5] (KOI8-E) of ECMA-113 have very different layouts, their repertoires are very similar, differing only in that the 1986 edition has a universal currency sign and the 1988 edition has a section sign.
Referencesedit
^ abBemer, Robert William (1980). "Chapter 1: Inside ASCII". (PDF). Best of Interface Age. Vol. 2. Portland, OR, USA: dilithium Press. pp. 1–50. ISBN0-918398-37-1. LCCN 79-67462. Archived from the original on 2016-08-27. Retrieved 2016-08-27, from: Bemer, Robert William (May 1978). "Inside ASCII - Part I". Interface Age. 3 (5). Portland, OR, USA: dilithium Press: 96–102., Bemer, Robert William (June 1978). "Inside ASCII - Part II". Interface Age. 3 (6). Portland, OR, USA: dilithium Press: 64–74., Bemer, Robert William (July 1978). "Inside ASCII - Part III". Interface Age. 3 (7). Portland, OR, USA: dilithium Press: 80–87.
^"ISO 646 (Good old ASCII)". czyborra.com. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
^"Character histories - notes on some Ascii code positions". jkorpela.fi.
^Suzanne S. Barnhill. "Word's non-printing formatting marks: cell markers". ssbarnhill.com.
^"IBM Globalization – Keyboard layouts". ibm.com. 2013-11-11. Archived from the original on July 3, 2018. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
January 01, 1970
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This article is about the specific symbol for an unspecified currency For currency signs and symbols in general see Currency symbol The currency sign is a character used to denote an unspecified currency It can be described as a circle the size of a lowercase character with four short radiating arms at 45 NE 135 SE 225 SW and 315 NW It is raised slightly above the baseline The character is sometimes called scarab 1 5 Currency signIn UnicodeU 00A4 CURRENCY SIGN amp curren Category Contents 1 History 2 Other uses 3 Unicode 3 1 Keyboard entry 4 OS specific 5 See also 6 Explanatory footnotes 7 ReferencesHistory edit nbsp Symbol on a keyboard on the 4 key The symbol was first encoded for computers in 1972 as a placeholder for national currency symbols such as the dollar sign in national variants ISO 646 of ASCII and the International Reference Variant 2 It was proposed by Italy 3 as an alternative to the dollar sign at 0x24 In reality most national standards retained the dollar sign as too important 1 6 ASCII and ISO 646 were specified as 7 bit encoding which allowed for 96 printable characters and 32 control codes The character is used in the GSM default 7 bit encoding as specified in 3GPP TS 23 038 GSM 03 38 at 0x24 The introduction of 8 bit encoding and the ISO IEC 8859 code pages meant that all major national currency symbols in use at the time could be accommodated When ISO 8859 was standardized this symbol was placed at code point 0xA4 in the Latin Arabic and Hebrew character sets The Cyrillic set included it in early drafts but it was removed in the published version in favour of including the section sign a and it was not included in all later added Latin sets In Soviet computer systems usually using some variant of KOI character set this symbol was placed at the code point used by the dollar sign in ASCII ISO Latin 9 reallocated the code point used for this symbol to the euro sign but this standard failed to gain significant acceptance given the dominance at the time of Microsoft s Windows 1252 code page In the modern era the Unicode standard gives each of the major currency symbols and this one its own unique and device independent code point with implementation or lack of left to font designers Other uses editThe symbol is used as a non printing end of cell marker for tables in Microsoft Word 6 Unicode editIt is represented in Unicode as U 00A4 CURRENCY SIGN amp curren Keyboard entry edit The symbol is available on some keyboard layouts for example French Danish Norwegian Swedish Finnish Estonian Slovak and Hungarian 7 Otherwise it may be typed in Windows using Alt 0164 US international setting in Windows AltGr 4 with this setting the right hand Alt key acts as an AltGr key In Linux as Composeox In Linux and ChromeOS using Ctrl Shift u A4space In ChromeOS if using US international keyboard setting right alt 4 Using textcurrency in LaTeX OS specific editThe currency sign was once a part of the Mac OS Roman character set but Apple changed the symbol at that code point to the euro sign in Mac OS 8 5 In pre Unicode Windows character sets Windows 1252 the generic currency sign was retained at 0xA4 and the euro sign was introduced as a new code point at 0x80 in the little used by Microsoft control code space 0x80 to 0x9F See also editXXX currency ISO 4217 code for no specific currency Square lozenge Explanatory footnotes edit ISO 9959 5 was adopted from ECMA 113 beginning with ECMA 113 s 1988 edition although a superseded draft of ISO 8859 5 DIS 8859 5 1987 did exist following the 1986 edition of ECMA 113 Although the 1988 edition 4 and the 1986 edition 5 KOI8 E of ECMA 113 have very different layouts their repertoires are very similar differing only in that the 1986 edition has a universal currency sign and the 1988 edition has a section sign References edit a b Bemer Robert William 1980 Chapter 1 Inside ASCII General Purpose Software PDF Best of Interface Age Vol 2 Portland OR USA dilithium Press pp 1 50 ISBN 0 918398 37 1 LCCN 79 67462 Archived from the original on 2016 08 27 Retrieved 2016 08 27 from Bemer Robert William May 1978 Inside ASCII Part I Interface Age 3 5 Portland OR USA dilithium Press 96 102 Bemer Robert William June 1978 Inside ASCII Part II Interface Age 3 6 Portland OR USA dilithium Press 64 74 Bemer Robert William July 1978 Inside ASCII Part III Interface Age 3 7 Portland OR USA dilithium Press 80 87 ISO 646 Good old ASCII czyborra com Retrieved 2016 04 13 Character histories notes on some Ascii code positions jkorpela fi Standard ECMA 113 8 Bit Single Byte Coded Graphic Character Sets Latin Cyrillic Alphabet PDF 2 ed European Computer Manufacturers Association ECMA 1988 06 30 Standard ECMA 113 8 Bit Single Byte Coded Graphic Character Sets Latin Cyrillic Alphabet PDF 1 ed European Computer Manufacturers Association ECMA 1986 06 26 Suzanne S Barnhill Word s non printing formatting marks cell markers ssbarnhill com IBM Globalization Keyboard layouts ibm com 2013 11 11 Archived from the original on July 3 2018 Retrieved 2016 04 13 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Currency sign generic amp oldid 1216703660, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
