Currency symbol odd display

[Maf. King]

On Thursday 19 May 2005 17:07, Bob Williams wrote:
> I'm new to linux and have just started using Gnucash 1.8.8 which is the
> version shipped with SuSE 9.2.
>
> Very pleased with it, and much easier to understand than Microsoft
> Money. However, I'm using the GBP currency (naturally, as I live in UK)
> but the pound sign displays with a capital A in front of it. Moreover,
> the A has a little hat on, in the form of a carat symbol [Shift 6]. This
> is very distracting. Has anyone else come across this problem? Any
> suggestions on how to correct the display?

Hi Bob,

Sounds like you have come up against the "utf-8 locale" problem.  See the FAQ 
or list archives for some solutions.

Cheers,
Maf.