Ubuntu
fonts-ubuntu package

[1 new] Please add RUBLE SIGN (₽, U+20BD)

Bug #1345591 reported by Adolfo Jayme Barrientos
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This bug affects 13 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
fonts-ubuntu (Ubuntu)
Triaged
High
Unassigned

Bug Description

This character is one of the additions in Unicode 7.0.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_ruble#Currency_symbol

It is already present in Source Sans Pro. https://twitter.com/pauldhunt/status/431240671609905152.

This character is needed for the Ubuntu Keyboard as mentioned in this merge proposal: https://code.launchpad.net/~roman2861/ubuntu-keyboard/ubuntu-keyboard/+merge/221590

See original description
Tags: uff-dm-new
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regs (regs-pochta) wrote :

It's quite important for Russia.

There should be also ability to type in it by AltGr+8

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Alexander Trufanov (truf) wrote :

just faced with this problem while browsing www.coursera.org with FF.

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Alexander Trufanov (truf) wrote :

Hey, I've updated Ubuntu to 14.10 few days ago and now ruble sign is displayed correctly. Could anyone else confirm?

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Adolfo Jayme Barrientos (fitojb) wrote :

This bug is about the addition of the symbol to the *Ubuntu fonts*, which still has not happened. It never dealt with the presence of it in other system fonts.

Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)
summary: - Please add RUBLE SIGN (₽, U+20BD)
+ [1 new] Please add RUBLE SIGN (₽, U+20BD)
Changed in ubuntu-font-family:
importance: Undecided → High
status: New → Triaged
Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)
description: updated
Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)
tags: added: uff-dm-new
Adolfo Jayme Barrientos (fitojb)
no longer affects: ubuntu-font-family
Changed in fonts-ubuntu (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → High
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Adolfo Jayme Barrientos (fitojb) wrote :

This symbol was added to the Type Network-issued prerelease

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