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U+20A3. The one franc character in Unicode, whose note reads France. An F with a bar, proposed in 1988 and never officially used. Compose, F, r types it; no Alt code, no HTML name.
Made of F, r and a period: the official symbol of the Swiss franc in German.
The code of the Swiss franc, from Confoederatio Helvetica, the Latin name of Switzerland. Liechtenstein uses the same money.
U+0046. A bare capital, on the keyboard at Shift+F: one of the two ways France itself wrote its franc.
Made of F and r with no period: the other everyday sign of the French franc.
Made of two capitals: the abbreviation that set the French franc apart from the francs of other countries.
New franc: when the currency was redenominated in 1960, one new franc was worth 100 old ones, and prices carried NF for a few years.
The three-letter code the French franc had until the euro took its place.
Small f, r and a period: the Swiss symbol in French, Italian and Romansh.
An older way to write the Swiss franc, now outdated.
CFA franc BCEAO in the ISO list: the franc of eight West African countries, Senegal and Mali among them.
CFA franc BEAC: the franc of six Central African countries, including Cameroon and Chad.
The CFP franc, franc Pacifique, of French Polynesia, New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna.
The Congolese franc of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is also written FC.
Burundi's franc.
Djibouti's franc.
Guinea's franc.
The Comoro franc of the Comoros.
Rwanda's franc.
U+0192. The florin sign of the old Dutch guilder: a small f with a hook, and no franc. Alt+159 types it; ₣ has no Alt code.
U+0191. Its capital, a letter of African alphabets. Unicode points from it to an F with a stroke, the shape of ₣.
U+2109. Degree Fahrenheit: a temperature unit in one character, an F behind a small ring.
The franc sign is ₣, French franc sign, U+20A3. It was proposed in France in 1988 and never adopted: the French franc was written F or Fr, and the Swiss franc is written Fr. or CHF.
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The French franc symbol
France wrote its franc F or Fr, and FF told the French franc from the others. ₣, an F with a bar, was never officially used. The euro replaced the currency: in 1999 for accounts, in 2002 for cash.
The Swiss franc currency symbol
Switzerland has two official signs, Fr. in German and fr. in French, Italian and Romansh. The code CHF comes from Confoederatio Helvetica, the Latin name of the country, and is the internationally official abbreviation.
With a Compose key, press Compose, then F, then r for ₣. It has no Alt code.
The two CFA francs have the codes XOF and XAF.
Questions and answers
What is the franc symbol?
It depends on the franc. Unicode has ₣, French franc sign, U+20A3, yet France wrote F or Fr. The Swiss franc is Fr. or CHF, and other francs are written in letters, such as FC, or by their three-letter codes.
Is there a Swiss franc symbol on the keyboard?
It needs no key of its own: the Swiss franc symbol is typed as the letters Fr. or as CHF. An alt code for the Swiss franc does not exist, because the symbol is not a single character.
What is the Congolese franc currency symbol?
FC, in plain letters. Unicode has no sign of its own for the Congolese franc: the only franc character it holds is ₣, whose note says France. The ISO code is CDF.
How is the Swiss franc currency symbol written in HTML?
As plain letters: CHF, or Fr. with its period. Neither needs an entity. The character ₣ has no named entity either; its numeric form is ₣.
Which type of currency symbol is the Swiss franc one?
An abbreviation in letters, not a sign: Fr. or fr., depending on the language. The older forms SFr. and fr.sv. are outdated.
All 22 franc signs and codes
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CHFCHF, the code of the Swiss francThe code of the Swiss franc, from Confoederatio Helvetica, the Latin name of Switzerland. Liechtenstein uses the same money.
FFFF, the French franc told apartMade of two capitals: the abbreviation that set the French franc apart from the francs of other countries.
₣French franc signU+20A3. The one franc character in Unicode, whose note reads France. An F with a bar, proposed in 1988 and never officially used. Compose, F, r types it; no Alt code, no HTML name.
FrFrench franc, two lettersMade of F and r with no period: the other everyday sign of the French franc.
FLatin capital letter fU+0046. A bare capital, on the keyboard at Shift+F: one of the two ways France itself wrote its franc.
Fr.Swiss franc symbol, German formMade of F, r and a period: the official symbol of the Swiss franc in German.
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The French franc 2
FRFFRF, the old code of the French francThe three-letter code the French franc had until the euro took its place.
NFNF, the new francNew franc: when the currency was redenominated in 1960, one new franc was worth 100 old ones, and prices carried NF for a few years.
The Swiss franc 2
SFr.SFr., the outdated Swiss formAn older way to write the Swiss franc, now outdated.
fr.Swiss franc symbol, Romance formSmall f, r and a period: the Swiss symbol in French, Italian and Romansh.
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BIFBIF, the Burundian francBurundi's franc.
CDFCDF, the Congolese francThe Congolese franc of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is also written FC.
DJFDJF, the Djiboutian francDjibouti's franc.
GNFGNF, the Guinean francGuinea's franc.
KMFKMF, the Comoro francThe Comoro franc of the Comoros.
RWFRWF, the Rwandan francRwanda's franc.
XAFXAF, the Central African CFA francCFA franc BEAC: the franc of six Central African countries, including Cameroon and Chad.
XOFXOF, the West African CFA francCFA franc BCEAO in the ISO list: the franc of eight West African countries, Senegal and Mali among them.
XPFXPF, the CFP francThe CFP franc, franc Pacifique, of French Polynesia, New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna.
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℉Degree fahrenheitU+2109. Degree Fahrenheit: a temperature unit in one character, an F behind a small ring.
ƑLatin capital letter f with hookU+0191. Its capital, a letter of African alphabets. Unicode points from it to an F with a stroke, the shape of ₣.
ƒLatin small letter f with hookU+0192. The florin sign of the old Dutch guilder: a small f with a hook, and no franc. Alt+159 types it; ₣ has no Alt code.