Cent Sign Symbol ¢
The Cent Sign, a universally recognized symbol, has a special place in the world of money. Particularly in the United States and a few other nations, it serves as an iconic representation of the values of fractional currencies. The cent sign is an essential part of everyday financial transactions, pricing, and economic communication even though it only represents one hundredth of a primary currency unit, frequently the dollar ($). In this article, we'll examine the significance, practicality, and effect of the cent sign on the clarity and precision with which fractional currency values are expressed.
A cent is a unit of currency that is equal to one hundredth of a basic monetary unit in many national currencies.
According to its etymology, the word cent comes from the Latin centum, which means "hundred."
Commonly, the cent sign is represented by the tiny (lower case) letter C. Depending on the typeface, a vertical line or a diagonal stroke in North America crosses the c to form the character.
The term "penny" refers to the British coin and unit of that name, and is commonly used to refer to the US one cent coin. Australia and Canada both stopped producing their one dollar coins in 1992 and 2012. Some Eurozone nations, most recently Italy in 2018, stopped minting the one euro cent coin.
Minor currency units with other names
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Cent Sign Symbol Information
| Symbol Name | Cent Sign |
| Unicode Version | 1.1 (June 1993) |
| Unicode | U+00A2 |
| CSS Code | \00A2 |
| HTML Entity | ¢ |
Cent Sign Symbol Encoding
| UTF-8 | 0xC2 0xA2 |
| UTF-16 | 0x00A2 |
| UTF-32 | 0x000000A2 |
Table of contents
- Cent Sign PNG and SVG files
- How to type cent sign in latex
- How to type cent sign on Microsoft Word
- How to type cent sign on Microsoft Windows
- How to type cent sign on Mac OS
- How to type cent sign on Linux
- How to type cent sign on IOS and Android
- How to use cent sign in CSS
- How to use cent sign in HTML
- Cent Sign representation in programming languages
Cent Sign symbol's PNG and SVG files
How to type cent sign symbol in latex
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\textcent
\end{document}
How to add cent sign symbol via keyboard on different Operating systems
You can type the cent sign on most modern devices with the help of following methods:
How to type cent sign symbol on Microsoft Word
You can type the cent sign on microsoft Microsoft Word using steps mentioned below:
- Place your cursor in the text area where you need to insert the symbol and type 0 0 A 2
- Without moving the cursor press keys Alt + x together
- The original 0 0 A 2 is now transformed into ¢
How to type cent sign symbol on Microsoft Windows
You can type the cent sign on Microsoft windows using following steps:
- Hold Alt and press 0 1 6 2 to type cent sign on your windows machine.
How to type cent sign symbol on Mac OS
You can type the cent sign on Mac OS using following steps:
- Place your cursor in the text area where you need to insert the symbol
- Press Ctrl + ⌘ Command + ⎵ Space to bring up the Character Viewer. Alternatively, choose Edit ⇒ Emoji & Symbols
- Type “Cent Sign” in the search field at the top and press Enter
- The symbol should appear. Click on it to insert it into your text
How to type cent sign symbol on Linux
You can type the cent sign on Linux using following steps:
- Place your cursor in the text area where you need to insert the symbol
- Hold ⇧ Shift + Ctrl and press the letter + U
- Press keys 0 0 A 2 consecutively
- And then press ↵ Enter , the desired symbol will be added to your document
How to type cent sign symbol on IOS and Android
The easiest way to type the cent sign on ios and android is to copy and paste it wherever you need it.
How to use cent sign in CSS
span {
content: "\00A2";
}
How to type cent sign in HTML
<span>¢</span>
Cent Sign symbol representation in programming languages
cent sign's representation in different programming languages can be found in table below:
| Language | Representation |
| Rust | \u{A2} |
| Ruby | \u{A2} |
| Python | \u00A2 |
| PHP | \u{A2} |
| Perl | "\x{A2}" |
| Java | \u00A2 |
| Modern JavaScript - Since ES6 | \u{A2} |
| JavaScript | \u00A2 |
| Go | \u00A2 |
| C# | \u00A2 |
| C and C++ | \u00A2 |
| Bash and Zsh - inside echo -e | \u00A2 |
| RFC 5137 | \u'00A2' |