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Since Russian central bank already approved the new symbol for Russian ruble, is there any HTML code for it? Or I need to use png images?
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The HTML entity for the Indian rupee sign is ₹ (₹). Use it like you would © for the copyright sign.
If you don't have a keyboard that supports the ruble symbol, you can insert the ruble currency symbol using one of these: Using Alt-X: Type 20BD, and then hold down the ALT key and press X.
See the Wikipedia pages on Russian ruble and on Ruble sign for details. The Unicode consortium officially designated a code point, U+20BD RUBLE SIGN, numbered 8,381 (decimal) and U+20BD (Unicode hex), for the new symbol in Unicode 7.0, released 2014-06-16. See the last entry in this Unicode chart of Currency Symbols ( PDF ).
Symbol for Ruble Alt Code (Keyboard Shortcut) The Ruble Symbol Alt Code is Alt + 8381. Note: This Alt Codeshortcut works in MS Word only. You can simply use the Alt code method to type this symbol by pressing and holding the Alt key while typing the Symbol Alt code (8381) using the numeric keypad on the right.
Select the Insert tab. Select Symbol and then More Symbols. Select the Russian Rouble Sign tab in the Symbol window. Finding specific symbols in countless symbols is obviously a waste of time, and some characters like emoji usually can't be found How to use the keyboard to type Russian Rouble Sign (Alt key)?
On 11 December 2013, the official symbol for the ruble became , a Cyrillic letter Er with a single added horizontal stroke, though the abbreviation "руб." is in wide use. In Unicode version 7.0 it was assigned the encoding U+20BD ₽ RUBLE SIGN (HTML ₽ ).
Since 16 June 2014 there is a letter in unicode: \u20bd representing RUB currency sign:
₽
So, the answer to the question: HTML entity which should be used for RUB sign is ₽
Though, I suppose currently not all fonts are capable of showing it. Ability to see the sign in browser generally depends on your system fonts. As of today my Mac OS web fonts are showing it correctly, but I didn't check it on Windows and Linux.
Therefore it is not recommended to use this new sign when it is critical for reader to see it relying only on system fonts, that might be stale. If you want to be confident that the sign will be displayed you will need to provide your own font at least for paragraphs that may contain RUB sign.
From Wikipedia:
On 4 February 2014, the Unicode Technical Committee during its 138th meeting in San Jose accepted U+20BD ₽ ruble sign symbol for the Unicode version 7.0, the symbol was then included into Unicode 7.0 released on 16 June 2014.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_ruble#Currency_symbol
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