Currency Symbols (Unicode block)

Currency Symbols
Range U+20A0..U+20CF
(48 code points)
Plane BMP
Scripts Common
Symbol sets Currency signs
Assigned 31 code points
Unused 17 reserved code points
Unicode version history
1.0.0 11 (+11)
2.0 12 (+1)
2.1 13 (+1)
3.0 16 (+3)
3.2 18 (+2)
4.1 22 (+4)
5.2 25 (+3)
6.0 26 (+1)
6.2 27 (+1)
7.0 30 (+3)
8.0 31 (+1)
Note: [1][2]

Currency Symbols is a Unicode block containing characters for representing unique monetary signs. Many currency signs can be found in other unicode blocks, especially when the currency symbol is unique to a country that uses a script not generally used outside that country.

The display of Unicode currency symbols among various typefaces is inconsistent, more so than other characters in the repertoire. The French franc sign (U+20A3) is typically displayed as a struck-through F, but various versions of Garamond display it as an Fr ligature. The peseta sign (U+20A7), inherited from code page 437, is usually displayed as a Pts ligature, but Roboto displays it as a Pt ligature and Arial Unicode MS displays it as a partially struck-through P. The rupee sign (U+20A8) is usually displayed as an Rs digraph, but Microsoft Sans Serif uses the quantity-neutral "Rp" diagraph instead.

Currency Symbols[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+20Ax
U+20Bx
U+20Cx
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 8.0
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

References

  1. "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  2. The Unicode Standard Version 1.0, Volume 1. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc. 1990–1991. ISBN 0-201-56788-1.
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