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Re: Cents symbol

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From: Robert A. G. Seely
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 03:07
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In article <1jm17cINNq7@gap.caltech.edu> mmalak@cco.caltech.edu (Michael Jay Malak) writes:
>jwarner@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (Jack E. Warner) writes:
>
>>Tod McQuillin <tm8t+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>
>>>Is there a way to typeset the symbol for cents in [La]TeX?  It's the
>>>symbol that looks like a 'c' and a '/' on top of each other.  I've
>>>been using (LaTeX)
>
>>>\newcommand{\cent}{\,\makebox[0in]{c}\makebox[0in]{/}\,}
>
>>>but this is too ugly for words.  What obvious solution am I missing?
>
>The TeXbook suggests \def\cents{\hbox{\rm\rlap/c}} .
>
>-- 
>Michael Malak                      |  1. All syllogisms have three parts.
>mmalak@looking_glass.caltech.edu   |  2. Therefore, this is not a syllogism.


I use \sf instead of \rm - a little better I think, but that's a matter of
taste.  

-rags
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