{"id":12129,"date":"2025-04-15T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/?p=12129"},"modified":"2025-05-14T13:30:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T08:00:26","slug":"uae-new-currency-symbol-in-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/uae-new-currency-symbol-in-html\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use the UAE New Currency Symbol (AED) in HTML?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200bIn late March 2025, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) introduced a new symbol for its national currency \u2014 Dirham.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They have replaced the traditional abbreviations AED or DHS with the letter &#8220;D&#8221; and two horizontal lines in the middle, representing financial stability and reflecting elements of the UAE flag.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"586\" src=\"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/UAE-New-Currency-Symbol-AED.png\" alt=\"UAE New Currency Symbol AED\" class=\"wp-image-12132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/UAE-New-Currency-Symbol-AED.png 1999w, https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/UAE-New-Currency-Symbol-AED-250x73.png 250w, https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/UAE-New-Currency-Symbol-AED-700x205.png 700w, https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/UAE-New-Currency-Symbol-AED-768x225.png 768w, https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/UAE-New-Currency-Symbol-AED-1536x450.png 1536w, https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/UAE-New-Currency-Symbol-AED-403x118.png 403w, https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/UAE-New-Currency-Symbol-AED-964x283.png 964w, https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/UAE-New-Currency-Symbol-AED-120x35.png 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here, I will show you a simple step to update the currency symbol to the new one across all websites using AED currency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Unicode for the New AED Symbol&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently, no Unicode is available for the new AED symbol. However, it might happen in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For now, we will have to load a custom font file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Use the New UAE Dirham (AED) Currency Symbol in HTML?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Load UAE Dirham Font File<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You will first need to load the UAE Dirham font file in HTML. Download and unzip the below file that will need to be imported to your store:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-simple-alerts-for-gutenberg-alert-boxes sab-alert sab-alert-warning\" role=\"alert\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/drops.meetanshi.com\/f\/XJ26dt\">https:\/\/drops.meetanshi.com\/f\/XJ26dt<\/a>\u00a0<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Display the Symbol Using Unicode<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, use the below code wherever you want to use the new AED symbol:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\" data-enlighter-theme=\"\" data-enlighter-highlight=\"\" data-enlighter-linenumbers=\"\" data-enlighter-lineoffset=\"\" data-enlighter-title=\"\" data-enlighter-group=\"\">&lt;span style=\"font-family: 'UAEDirham'\">&amp;#x00EA;&lt;\/span> <\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now your website will show the new digital Dirham instead of AED.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"164\" src=\"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/New-Dirham-Symbol-Instead-of-AED-700x164.png\" alt=\"New Dirham Symbol Instead of AED\" class=\"wp-image-12189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/New-Dirham-Symbol-Instead-of-AED-700x164.png 700w, https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/New-Dirham-Symbol-Instead-of-AED-250x59.png 250w, https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/New-Dirham-Symbol-Instead-of-AED-768x180.png 768w, https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/New-Dirham-Symbol-Instead-of-AED-403x94.png 403w, https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/New-Dirham-Symbol-Instead-of-AED-964x226.png 964w, https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/New-Dirham-Symbol-Instead-of-AED-120x28.png 120w, https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/New-Dirham-Symbol-Instead-of-AED.png 1254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Replace Old AED Currency Symbols?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your old currency might appear in one of the ways mentioned below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Price: Dhs 100<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Price: AED 100<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In order to replace this with the new currency symbol, you will have to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Download and import the UAE Dirham font file in HTML<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then apply the same code mentioned in the above step&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Consult E-commerce Experts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you need an ecommerce expert to take care of this task \u2014 we are here.&nbsp; With 13k+ happy clients, we are helping businesses around the globe to improve their ecommerce store performance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class=\"meetanshi-cta\">\r\n<div class=\"cta-content-wrapper\">\r\n<span>Talk to our experts<\/span>\r\n<p>Contact our expert team to get started with leveraging the performance of your online store.<\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/contacts\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"btn-primary\">Contact Us Now<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"cta-image-new\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/consult-us-now.png\" alt=\"Meetanshi Contact Us\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bIn late March 2025, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) introduced a new symbol for its national currency \u2014 Dirham.&nbsp; They have replaced the traditional abbreviations&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12137,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-commerce"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12129"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13518,"href":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12129\/revisions\/13518"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}