Russell Coker wrote: > (*) There is a symbol used occasionally that is a 'c' with two small > vertical lines going through the top and the bottom. But it doesn't appear > on any typewriter or computer keyboard, there are no special fonts in common > use for displaying it, so everyone uses the letter C. There is a cent symbol: ¢ (compose c |) It's available in the standard fixed font for X. -- see shy jo's 2¢