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Message no. 1
From: Dvixen <dvixen@********.COM>
Subject: OT: That Nuyen symbol thing...
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 23:02:38 -0800
> >Yeah, how'd you do that nuyen symbol? :)
>
> Alt + 1 - 5 - 7
>
> ¥, you know...

(They didn't work last time I tried, but this time, I can get the extende=
d
characters. Go figure.)

Okay, I see the Nuyen symbol that you wrote, but I get a O with a slash
through it. What do you see?

Ø

And after some fiddling, Alt 190 gave me what I see an a Nuyen symbol

¥

--

Dvixen dvixen@********.com
"And I thought First Ones were rare." - Ivanova - Babylon 5
The opinions expressed are those of the myriad voices in my head
Message no. 2
From: "Arno R. Lehmann" <arlehma@***.NET>
Subject: Re: OT: That Nuyen symbol thing...
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 00:50:32 +0100
On Thu, 16 Jan 1997 23:02:38 -0800, Dvixen wrote:

>Okay, I see the Nuyen symbol that you wrote, but I get a O with a slash=

>through it. What do you see?
>
>¥
>
>And after some fiddling, Alt 190 gave me what I see an a Nuyen symbol
>
>¥

Oh hell, I see TWO O with a slash.
This gets funny. Trying an unknown number of mailers, mailrouters,
operating systems in different countries with different fonts.
I don't think we will be able to find a character that makes a nuyen
symbol on everyones screen ...

-- Arno

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