ยฃ๏ฟก๐ท GBP Pound symbol sign
Copy and paste GBP Pound symbol from symbol selector below. GBP Pound sign - Pound Sterling symbol stands for British currency that is 4-th most traded currency in the world after $ USD, โฌ Euro and ยฅ Japanese yen JPY. To learn to type text £ Pound GPB symbol right from your keyboard, read below. In case you're on Windows with "English - United Kingdom" keyboard layout, you should be able to type pound with just Shift + 3 keyboard shortcut.
What pound means
Pound symbol £ is a currency sign used in UK. It derives from a capital "L", representing libra, the basic unit of weight in the Roman Empire, which in turn is derived from the Latin name for scales or a balance. The pound became an English unit of weight and was so named because it originally had the value of one tower pound (~334 grams) of fine (pure) silver. The same symbol is (or was) used for similarly named currencies in some other countries and territories, such as the Irish pound, Gibraltar pound, Australian pound, and Italian lira. Several countries, including Lebanon and Egypt, call their currency "the pound" but do not use the £ symbol.
How to input pound symbol
Choose your system and find out.
WindowsFrom Keyboard
Alt Codes
Shortcut technique that works on Desktops and most Laptops running MS Windows. You press Alt and, while holding it, type a code on Num Pad while it's turned on. Please, read a guide if you're running a laptop. You can type many frequently used symbols with this method.
| Alt code | Symbol |
|---|---|
| 0156 | £ |
Shift States
Configure your keyboard layout in Windows so that you can type all additional symbols you want as easy as any other text. Takes about 5-10 minutes to set things up, but you'll be typing like a boss. You can assign pound symbol £ and any other text characters to your keyboard using this technique.
Character Map
CharMap allows you to view and use all characters and symbols available in all fonts (some examples of fonts are "Arial", "Times New Roman", "Webdings") installed on your computer. You can input pound symbol using it.
Emoji on iOS (iPhone, iPad and iPod touch)
Keyboard viewer
You can make frequently used technical non-fancy symbols like "√ ∑ π ∞ ∆ ™ © æ £ ¢" and åccénted letters on Mac using [Option] key. I've compiled a list of shortcuts in my article and explained how to open keyboard viewer. You can also use your Keyboard Viewer as an alternative to my list.
[Option] + [3] produces £ pound sign.
Character Palette
Character Palette allows you to view and use all characters and symbols, including pound, available in all fonts (some examples of fonts are "Arial", "Times New Roman", "Webdings") installed on your computer.
From Keyboard
| Unicode hex code | Symbol | Compose key sequence | Symbol |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00A3 | £ | L- | £ |
| l- | £ |
There actually are 3 different ways to type symbols on Linux with a keyboard. And all of them can produce pound text symbol.
Character map
Character map allows you to view and use all characters and symbols available in all fonts (some examples of fonts are "Arial", "Times New Roman", "Webdings") installed on your computer. It can also help you lookup Unicode codes for entering symbols with keyboard.
Following is a list of HTML and JavaScript entities for pound symbol. In Javascript you should write like a = "this \u2669 symbol" if you want to include a special symbol in a string.
| HTML entity | JS entity | Symbol |
|---|---|---|
| £ | \u00a3 | £ |