At 00:52 +0100 2003-08-14, Anto'nio Martins-Tuva'lkin wrote:

> Using the cent sign is mostly US specific and the symbol is not
recognized as such in most European countries, so the cent sign is
> bound directly to the dollar.

If the "dollar sign" can be used for currencies other than the USD, even
for some which name is not even "dollar", then I suppose there is a
theoreitical possiblity that it may be used as a symbol of euro cent
(though I personally prefer "c*").

There is no reason that the noble ¢ cent sign should not be used for the European currency. Personally I always use it, because "2¢" looks like "two cents" and "2c" looks like "two cee".


In Ireland of course when we used pence we wrote "2p" and said "two pee".
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Michael Everson * * Everson Typography *  * http://www.evertype.com



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