[texhax] the British Pound Sign

[Steve Peter]

On Oct 8, 2009, at 8:53 PM, P. R. Stanley wrote:

> Hi folks,
> can't find any info on this. Any idea what the macro for the British  
> pound symbol is?

In LaTeX, \pounds or \textsterling should do the trick. (In Plain TeX,  
the pound symbol is in the italic $ slot.)