\pounds command (UK pounds symbol)

[cp]

Hi,
The £ symbol seems to be missing from the MathJax font, and the
\pounds and \sterling commands are not defined. \unicode{163} gets a
missing character symbol. Is there any way of getting a pound symbol
inside maths?

[Davide P. Cervone]

The pound sign is in the italic font, so try \it\unicode{xA3}
instead. You can define \pounds or \sterling to produce this by adding

pounds: '{\\it\\unicode{xA3}}'

to the Macros object in the TeX section of your configuration.

Davide

[cp]

Super! That works perfectly, thanks very much.

[Chris Sangwin]

Thanks, this is very useful.  As usual Christian you are some years ahead of me!