Cruzeiro sign

{{Short description|Symbol for the Brazilian cruzeiro}}

{{Infobox currency sign|sign=₢|name=Cruzeiro Sign|currency=Brazilian cruzeiro (1942–1967)|unicode=20A2}}

The Cruzeiro sign ⟨₢⟩ is a typographical abbreviation or ligature consisting of a capital Latin letter ⟨C⟩ with a nested lower-case letter ⟨r⟩, connected in a single glyph.

This glyph occasionally replaced the ⟨Cr⟩ part of the currency symbol for the first Brazilian cruzeiro, created in 1942, whose official symbol was "Cr $" (two separate letters, a space, and a single-stroke dollar sign).{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}} It could also have been used for other Brazilian currencies called "cruzeiro" that were official in 1942–1986 and 1990–1993.

Some typewriters and cash registers{{cn|date=August 2021}} produced for the Brazilian market had ⟨₢⟩ keys, and it was available in some typefaces.{{cn|date=August 2021}}

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The Brazilian keyboard layout ABNT-2 specified by the ABNT standard NBR 10346ABNT (1991): "[https://www.normas.com.br/visualizar/abnt-nbr-nm/7435/abnt-nbr10346-tecnologia-de-informacao-teclados-em-equipamentos-de-processamento-de-dados-conjunto-alfanumerico-padronizacao NBR 10346 de 08/1991 - Tecnologia de informação - Teclados em equipamentos de processamento de dados - Conjunto alfanumérico -Padronização]". Available from the ABNT website. Accessed on 2021-08-15. specifies that the ⟨₢⟩ symbols should be available through the combination {{Keypress|AltGr|C}}. However, since it refers to discontinued currencies, it is hardly ever used, and may not work.{{cn|date=July 2012}}

The symbol was included in the Unicode standard (name "CRUZEIRO SIGN", code point U+20A2) since its first version.