What Happened To The Cent Sign?

[digitalghost]

In the late 1990s, you don't see many cent signs. Why? Because hardly anything costs less than a dollar anymore? Actually, the demise of the cent sign has little to do with inflation, and everything to do with computers. And therein lies a tale.

The Demise of the $.01 Sign [charlieanderson.com]

This story made me drag out the old Underwood #5. No, I never used the old beast, but it's a nice conversation piece. There in all its glory was the ¢ sign, looking frail and dated, but still proud. ; )

[Skeptic]

Inflation has almost phased out the $.01

[zCat]

Presumably it's sitting in some out-of-the way corner of the Unicode specification sharing a bottle of cheap wine with the division sign (÷).

[dcheney]

Of course the ¢ is still around - you just have to know where its hiding :-)

[ergophobe]

Install AllChars (a must if you type in foreign languages) and then type CTRL - c - ¦

cost 0¢

[Woz]

Bah! This is all Non-Cents! <cringe>

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