Re: Shape of the US Dollar Sign

From: Michael Everson (everson@evertype.com)
Date: Fri Sep 28 2001 - 09:24:40 EDT


At 08:10 -0500 2001-09-28, Winkler, Arnold F wrote:

> > I'm in the middle of a research for my Commercial Laws
>> IV subject, and I need to know what's the official US
>> dollar sign: the s cross by one or two vertical lines?
> > is there any law that says so?

I shouldn't think so. Both glyphs have a long history. Look at the
banknotes; what is there is probably "normative" enough.

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