Re: International Currency Sybol

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From: wright_j
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 06:51

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/G=Owen/S=Smith/O=SJ-Research/ADMD=INTERSPAN/C=GB/@mhs-relay.ac.uk writes:

> My advice - avoid this character like the plague. It's a top bit set
> character too, which is another reason to avoid it if you want file
> portability (anyone tried putting it on a DOS disk and then seeing what
> MS-DOS thinks of it?).

Well, cranking up the ole PCemulator as I type this, it seems to think of
this character as looking like:

   ######

   #####
   ##  ##
   ##  ##
   ##  ##

ie. an accented `n'.

Gee I like multitasking... :-)
    Cheers, Julian.

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