Keyboard Shortcuts for Dollar Symbol $

Dollar sign is used to indicate currency of many countries, especially United States. It is generally used in prefix to number, for example, $100 indicates a hundred dollar bill. $ sign is part of any standard keyboard layout and appears on number 4 key. You can use “Shift + 4” keys to type dollar from the keyboard.

Related: Keyboard shortcuts for Cent sign in Windows and Mac.

Shortcuts Summary of Dollar Symbol

Type Dollar Symbol in Windows

• In Windows, use alt + 0036 keys on the number pad to type $ symbol.
• Only on Word documents, use 0024 + alt + x keys to type $.
• You can also use Character Map or Symbols utilities to insert the symbol.

Type Dollar Symbol in Mac

• In Mac based documents, press use option + 0024 to type $.
• You can also use Character Viewer to insert the symbol.

Type Dollar Symbol in HTML

• In HTML, you can use the entity name & dollar ;. Alternatively, use decimal & # 36; or hexadecimal & # x 0024; codes (use the codes without spaces).
• In CSS and JavaScript documents use the hexadecimal escape strings\0024 and \u0024 respectively.

Below are the code examples for inserting dollar sign in HTML and CSS.

<span>&#36;</span>
<p>&#x0024</p>
<span>&dollar;</span>

li:before {
content:\0024;
font-family:Arial;
}

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Other Names for Dollar Symbol

There are also other names for this $ sign:

• Milresis
• Escudo
• Currency

Other Dollar Related Symbols

In our earlier article, we have given all the shortcuts related to currency symbols. In addition, below are the dollar related symbols in Unicode.

Size and Font Variations

You can change the size and font of the dollar $ symbol similar to any other text content on your documents.