How to add the new Dirham AED currency symbol to your film or production budgets

How to add the new Dirham AED symbol to budgets



UAE Reveals New Dirham Symbol Inspired ...
To help anyone transition in using the new UAE Dirham symbol, One-FS created a handy font that automatically converts any mention of AED to the new symbol.

How It Works

  • The custom font contains only three characters: A, E, and D.

  • A & E are blank, while D contains the new symbol.

  • When assigned to the AED letters, the new symbol automatically appears - without changing the UI structure.

  • If the font fails to load (e.g., in emails), AED remains as a readable fallback.

This quick workaround ensures seamless integration while we wait for official Unicode keyboard support.


Notes
Note: it is also possible to add the symbol in your existing font, not as an official currency symbol but by adding it as a custom character. But for this you might need the help of a typographer.

You can download the custom font here: aed-Regular


Info
To add a font on a Mac, you can use the Mac Font Book application.
You will need to do a full restart before you see the font in font options. After you will see a font called aed in your applications that allow a font change. Pages, Numbers, Keynote, Word, Excel.

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