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£ Pound Sign Symbol

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Shortcodes

Copy and paste shortcodes for £ Pound Sign.

Unicode U+00a3
Alt Code 163
HTML Code £
CSS Code \00a3
HTML Entity £
HEX Code £

How to type £ Pound Sign?

To type the £ using the keyboard you can the Alt code from the shortcode section. Here are the two simple steps to type the £ using Alt code from your keyboard. Make sure you switch on the Num Lock from the keyboard and you type the number from the Numpad and not from the top row of the keyboard.

  1. Hold down the left Alt Key from your keyboard.
  2. Type the Alt code number 163 and release the Alt key.

Once you release the Alt key, the £ symbol will be displayed. This trick will work for other special characters also.


How to add Pound Sign Symbol in HTML?

To add the £ Pound Sign Symbol in HTML, you can use an HTML entity, an HTML code(decimal), and a Hex code. Use the shortcode section to copy the various shortcodes for the Pound Sign. Here is the example:

// HTML entity example
<span>I am &pound; Symbol</span>
// HTML code example
<span>I am &#163; Symbol</span>
// HEX code example
<span>I am &#xa3; Symbol</span>

All the above example will display the Pound Sign symbol as below.

I am £ symbol.

How to add Pound Sign Symbol in CSS?

To display the Pound Sign Symbol from CSS, you can use a CSS shortcode or CSS entity. Use the shortcode section to copy the CSS entity code for the Pound Sign. You can only add content :before or :after an element: Here is the example:

// CSS entity code example
.useSymbol:after {
  content: ' \00a3';
}

// The HTML
<div class="useSymbol">Pound Sign</div>

The above example for CSS entiry for Pound Sign symbol will display the result as below.

Pound Sign £

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