Michka,
I have also heard that the dollar sign come from a U superimposed over an S
and the bottom of the U was dropped. This would be hard to do on a
typewriter because the two lines would be so close that they would be
indistinct and would fill with lint from the ribbon. I suspect that the
double line was changed to a single line to make a clearer type. As hand
writing has become less prevalent, you see fewer double line dollar signs.
Carl
> -----Original Message-----
> From: unicode-bounce@unicode.org [mailto:unicode-bounce@unicode.org]On
> Behalf Of Michael (michka) Kaplan
> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 9:31 AM
> To: Winkler, Arnold F
> Cc: Unicode List
> Subject: Re: Shape of the US Dollar Sign
>
>
> I tend to look up on the following site, where such info can
> always be found
> tucked away:
>
> http://www.uselessknowledge.com/word/dollar.shtml
>
>
> MichKa
>
> Michael Kaplan
> Trigeminal Software, Inc.
> http://www.trigeminal.com/
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Winkler, Arnold F" <Arnold.Winkler@unisys.com>
> To: <unicode@unicode.org>
> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 6:10 AM
> Subject: Shape of the US Dollar Sign
>
>
> > Friends,
> >
> > I got a request, I can't answer, but I am sure, one of you
> knows all about
> > it:
> >
> > >
> > > 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?
> > >
> >
> > Thanks for your help
> >
> > Arnold F. Winkler
> > Internationalization Evangelist
> > Tel: 610-648-2055, NET-385-2055
> > Fax: 610-695-5473
> > E-mail: arnold.winkler@unisys.com
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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