LaTeX quite happily produces the symbol when I use \pounds. However, I had the need to search the resulting PDF document to track down where this symbol was used - and Adobe Reader's search function duly reported no instances of it, anywhere. On the other hand, if I search for $, it will find all instances of without any problems. Is this a known bug/feature (of LaTeX and/or Adobe Reader)? Is there anything I can do to overcome it? MWE below...