Percent, permil and basis points

I only recently discovered the permil (cf. percent), a typographic character that enables you to give a fraction equal to one part in one thousand without using a decimal point. For example 12.3% = 123‰ (“twelve-point-three percent is equal to one hundred and twenty-three permil”). There is also a symbol (‱) for basis points (aka … Continue reading Percent, permil and basis points