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November 8th, 2009 - How to, Mac OS X, Tips & Tricks
£ – Typing the symbol for the British Pound is done by hitting Option+3 in Mac OS X
This should come in handy the next time you’re in the UK with your Mac! Most Mac system fonts will have the ability to type the British Pound symbol but some of the fancier aftermarket fonts will not be able to render the £ pound symbol properly.
Posted by: Manish Patel
Comment from Peter Lennon
Time: November 9, 2009, 6:26 am
Unless you are using a British keyboard layout, in which case gives the pound sterling (£) symbol, and gives the # symbol. I’m not sure how many of the other suggested key strokes in this series for non-US-ASCII characters are valid on any other than US keyboard layouts. Apple has done a great job of internationalisation, but it means that keystroke combinations are not universal.
Comment from Peter Lennon
Time: November 9, 2009, 6:28 am
Aaaarghh – it was not obvious, but text enclosed here in angle brackets < > disappear. My previous comment should read
Unless you are using a British keyboard layout, in which case <SHIFT-3>gives the pound sterling (£) symbol, and <OPTION-3>gives the # symbol. I’m not sure how many of the other suggested key strokes in this series for non-US-ASCII characters are valid on any other than US keyboard layouts. Apple has done a great job of internationalisation, but it means that keystroke combinations are not universal.
Comment from Peter Lennon
Time: November 9, 2009, 6:32 am
Yes – have to use HTML codes & l t ; for < and so on. Good to know.
Comment from kushla
Time: November 22, 2009, 9:57 am
superb i got it option +3 and u get it £, thank you….
Comment from Phileas_
Time: January 9, 2010, 1:37 pm
On a German Layout you have to press Option+Shift+4 to get £.
Auf einem Deutschen-Layout musst du alt+Umschalt+4 drücken.
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