Many of us, especially those who deal with financial documents, use currency symbols when writing various texts. For many years we have been using dollar signs ($), pound sterling (£), euro (€), and at the end of 2013 we added the ruble sign (₽). In this article I will tell you how to type the ruble sign on the keyboard, and what to do if for some reason it is not displayed for you.

We are learning how to type the ruble sign on the keyboard

What you need to know about the Russian currency symbol

The need to create a single ruble sign has existed since the early 90s, when the Russian Federation emerged as an independent state with its own national currency. Competitions were held repeatedly, artists and designers submitted their projects, the best of them was chosen by voting, but things did not go beyond ordinary conversations, and the abbreviations “r” were still used to denote the ruble. and "rub."

At the end of 2013, the situation finally moved from a dead point, when, after holding the next competition, during which the six best prototypes were identified, an online vote was held, the winner of which was the “₽” sign, which received more than 60% of the votes.

This symbol satisfied most of the requirements for a sign of this type - simplicity of design, connection with Russian history (Cyrillic symbol with a parallel line added to it). And two parallel lines, according to the creators, were supposed to symbolize the stability of the Russian national currency.

On December 11, 2013, after discussion in the Federation Council, this symbol was approved by the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Russia as the official symbol of the Russian ruble.

At the beginning of 2014, the Russian standardization committee submitted a corresponding application to the Unicode technical committee, and the ruble symbol was included in the Unicode 7.0 standard. In August 2014, Microsoft also responded to the changing environment by including the ruble symbol in the next update (2970228) to various versions of the Windows OS.

Learning to type the ruble sign on the keyboard

To type the ruble sign on your keyboard, it will be enough to install the Russian keyboard layout, hold down the right key Alt, and then press the number key " 8 " at the top of the keyboard. Keyboard shortcut Alt+8 is the main option for typing the Russian currency symbol.

If instead of the “₽” sign you see an empty space or another sign, this means that your version of Windows does not have the necessary update installed to support the specified symbol.

Keyboard shortcut for typing the symbol “₽”

What to do if the ruble sign is not typed

If you cannot type the ruble sign (₽), and instead of this sign you see chaotic symbols or empty space, then you need to install the appropriate update for your Windows. Usually this is an update, which can be downloaded by following the link provided.

1. After the transition, scroll down the page, select the update that matches your version of the operating system (if you don’t know what OS you have, click on the Win+Pause button combination).
2. Download and install this update, let your computer reboot, and after rebooting you will be able to put the ruble sign “₽” in any text document.

To support the ₽ symbol, install the appropriate system update for your OS

Conclusion

To type the ruble sign on the keyboard, select the Russian layout, hold down the right Alt key, and then press the number 8 in the number row of the keyboard. If this sign is not typed, then it is likely that you need to install the appropriate system update, after installing which the problem with the “₽” sign is usually solved.

The ruble has been known in Rus' since the end of the 13th century, when this word began to be used to describe a silver ingot, which was cut into pieces to make small payments. Large payments were made in whole bullion. Later, with the advent of coins, the ruble became a unit of account for several centuries, and the first test coins of this denomination appeared only under Alexei Mikhailovich. His son, Peter I, finally introduced ruble coins into circulation. Thus, the ruble coin recently celebrated its 300th anniversary, and the concept of “ruble” has existed for at least 750 years. For a long time before Peter’s reform, the basis of monetary circulation was the penny and denga (half a penny), and it was in them that payments were expressed. By the way, the penny as a coin has been known for almost 500 years.

Russian ruble symbol

Many currencies of the world have their own symbols, for example, dollars of many countries are indicated by the $ symbol, the Mexican peso has the same sign, but two sticks instead of one. Euro currency sign - €, South Korean won - ₩, English pound - ₤, Ukrainian hryvnia - ₴. If these symbols are not displayed or squares are visible, then your computer’s operating system is outdated. In the Russian Empire, at one time the ruble was designated in records by an abbreviation formed from two handwritten letters “P” and “U”, but it is inconvenient to use this sign in printed fonts and electronic devices due to the complex style and large size.

With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Iron Curtain disappears, the ruble begins to be listed on stock exchanges and participates in exchange rates. At this time, the Belarusian and Transnistrian rubles appeared, so to denote the Russian currency it is now necessary to use the phrase “Russian ruble”. There were other rubles in the post-Soviet space, which were then replaced with their own names: Tajik, Latvian, Georgian ruble.

For a long time, the Russian ruble was designated by the abbreviation “rub.” or "r." In the 1990s, a variety of designations could be found in exchange offices, among which the most common were “PP” and “RR”. There are also generally accepted ISO codes: RUR - until 1998, RUB - since 1998.

The search for the symbol began in the 90s, but at first it was carried out unofficially, including by well-known magazines. More than a thousand options were thought up, but no consensus was reached, especially since the Central Bank was still not ready to approve the symbol. In 2006, the fourth major competition was held from RIA Novosti, where volunteers sent about 300 works. The organizers selected the ten best and submitted them to the Central Bank government for consideration. In 2007, an amendment to the law on the Central Bank was issued, which indicated the possibility of choosing the symbol of the ruble by the bank’s management at its discretion.

They took the choice of the sign very seriously and put forward a number of requirements:
- there must be a whole, easy-to-remember symbol;
- difference from the existing letters of the alphabets of the world and the signs and images used;
- ease of playback by hand;
- deep semantic content;
- when written in very small font, parts of the sign should not merge;
- the size must be no larger than the average letter of the Russian alphabet;
- stylization for any type of font;
- perception of the sign by foreigners who are familiar only with the Latin alphabet and do not know the Cyrillic alphabet.

In 2007, one of the symbols selected by the Central Bank, developed by Alexander Vladimirovich Tarbeev (a computer font artist), began to be actively promoted by several design studios. Perhaps this influenced the subsequent choice of this particular symbol. The authorship of Tarbeev is controversial, since similar symbols proposed in earlier competitions were taken as a basis.

Commemorative coin with the ruble symbol (photo by lazer10)

From November 5 to December 5, 2013, an online survey was conducted, organized by the Bank of Russia, in which anyone could participate. You were asked to choose one of 5 symbols and comment on your choice. It was argued that each sign was composed of several options based on numerous proposals. It was possible to vote against everyone. The vote was anonymous, so the poll's accuracy is questionable. A total of 280 thousand respondents took part, the first place was awarded to Tarbeev’s sign, which is the letter “P” with a horizontal line in the middle. He received 61% of the votes.

Central Bank officials reported that the selection process took into account more opinions than votes. And votes without comments were not counted at all. The results of independent polls show similar results, that is, public opinion was taken into account. On December 11, 2013, the symbol was approved, and next year commemorative coins with its designation will be issued, minted just on the occasion of the adoption of the Russian ruble sign. The commemorative ruble was no different from the regular one, but instead of the number “1” the denomination was indicated with a new symbol. The mintage of this coin was 100 million pieces, which is comparable to the coin in honor of the 100th anniversary of Lenin’s birth, minted in 1970. Additionally, collectible silver coins of proof quality and UNC in capsules were released. In 2015, the symbol appears on the 100-ruble Crimea/Sevastopol bill, where its multiple repetition can be seen inside the denomination number (on the Sevastopol landmarks side).

Ruble symbol on the 100 ruble banknote "Crimea"

The symbol of the Russian ruble was not unanimously accepted by the population; many considered it unsuccessful, or similar to other signs that have ever existed in history. But the majority approved it and willingly began to use it in various texts. But on outdated versions of operating systems of computers, smartphones and other devices, only a square is still visible instead of a sign.

The rubles of Transnistria also received their own symbol, and a year before the Russian one. It is similar to one of the finalists, but has an italic style. The Belarusian ruble has not yet acquired a symbol and the abbreviation Br is actively used to denote it.

The modern designation of the ruble has become entrenched in the memory of every citizen, since the use of funds occurs every day. The current type of currency has its own history of a number of transformations. Although many still wonder how to write rubles. or r.

This is a symbol belonging to the typographic category of symbols that conforms to the Unicode standard, and has the official name "Ruble Symbol". Used for representative purposes of currency in the international arena.

Among the characteristic symbols are: rub., r. and modern designation, which can be seen in the image.

For abbreviation, the ISO 4217 standard is used. In 1998, RUB (643) or RUR (810). The last option was accepted earlier.

The new ruble icon was chosen by voting.

History of the ruble emblem

The sign designating the Russian currency arose as a result of the development of writing on the territory of Rus'. The shortened form of the word “ruble” was used in a century and a half (second half of the 17th–19th centuries).

This is a ligature where the superscript letters y and r are combined. Due to the evolution of writing, the original form of the ligature was lost. In the 18th century, the final formation of an independent symbol took place. This is how the history of the Russian ruble developed.

Today, two official variants of designation of the Russian ruble are accepted: the capital letter P, which has a crossed out leg. Based on Federal Law 63, the designation of the national currency is established by the Central Bank of Russia.

Competitions and surveys of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation

In 2013, the Central Bank decided to conduct a survey among the adult population online. It was necessary to make a choice from five proposed symbol options, or mark the option against all the proposed symbols. According to the results, only 280,000 people took part. The results were as follows:

1. First place scored 61%.
2. Second - 19%.
3. Third - 5.5%.
4. Fourth 4.5%.
5. Fifth - 1.9%.
6. Sixth (position against everyone) -8%.

It was not announced which sign won the poll. The event was anonymous and there was no need to register on the website to participate. The Central Bank did not explain how the data was analyzed. The ruble logo was simply chosen.

Representatives of the Central Bank stated on the first day that in order to avoid vote cheating, only those results that have written comments on their choice will be accepted. Some comments were published on the official website on November 18. The Central Bank approved the symbol of the national currency.

When did the symbol start to be used?

At the official level, the new ruble symbols began to be used to denote the national currency on December 11, 2013 after approval by the Central Bank. A preliminary survey was conducted over a month among citizens of the country (5.11−5.12).

After preparing a proposal to include the symbol in the international Unicode standard, it was found that for several years the symbol had already been actively used in the business sphere of many enterprises.

Since 2014, the Government has set a goal: to place the official designation of the Russian ruble on coins and a number of banknotes. On June 17, 2014, silver commemorative coins in three-ruble denominations will go into circulation. Later, the image was placed on nickel ruble coins. The circulation will be 100,000,000 pieces.

In 2015, the symbolism was firmly entrenched on postage stamps. The first issue coincided with the 150th anniversary of V. Serov.

Methods for entering the ruble sign on a computer

Although the use of the Russian ruble notation occurred for many years, it was not present in Unicode before its official adoption. Therefore, on January 21, 2014, the technical committee for standardization submitted an official request to include the symbol in the set.

A positive decision was made a little later - on February 4. The seventh version of Unicode already contained the Russian ruble symbol.

CompanyMicrosoft released an update on August 13th forO.C. Windows, where this character was included in the set. To enter a sign using the keyboard, you must use the combination Alt (right) + 8. Additional combination options can be found on the update page.

From the description we can conclude that the Windows library has been adjusted. To check, it is recommended to open the Word file and press the combination.

What if the icon doesn't appear?

The ruble abbreviation is missing on some computers. If the trivial method does not work, then you can use a code consisting of 16 characters. The scheme is simple: enter the code and confirm the entry with the combination ALT+x. For example:

1. It is necessary to place the cursor in the place where the ruble sign is needed.
2. Enter the value 20BD.
3. Press combination.

The easiest option is to use the clipboard. If you need to use a Word document, you can not only print a sign, but also insert its image. To achieve this task, you must first select an image and upload it to the buffer. To do this, just copy the picture.

All that remains is to open the required document and press Ctrl+V. All that remains is to format the image size in accordance with the text parameters.

Other symbols and signs of the ruble

Today, the most popular options are two ruble signs:

1. A lowercase version of the letter “p” and a dot, which is the default. As a rule, it is present in the settings of the Russian version of Excel from Microsoft, as well as in Google spreadsheets. It is worth noting that the Central Bank previously considered the option of adopting a capital letter with a dot as the official symbol of the currency. The capital version began to be used in the 19th century
2. The Lebedev-Tarbeev symbol is less common. A monument to him was erected in Dimitrovgrad. The authors’ interpretation suggested combining the name of the national currency and the country in the letter P. As a result, the leg is crossed out. For citizens, this designation is less familiar.

It is important to note that in everyday use, few people use the official ruble sign. Most continue to use the abbreviation “rub,” which is the most common form. The official symbol of the Russian currency appeared on coins and banknotes a long time ago and continues to be actively used.

Many people remember that not so long ago the Russian ruble did not have its own graphic symbol and was most often designated as “r.”. At the same time, currencies such as the dollar and euro have long had graphic symbols to designate them, and the question of approving such a symbol for the ruble remained open.

In 2006, the Central Bank of Russia was given the authority to approve the graphic image of the ruble, and from that moment on, various individuals and design companies, including Artemy Lebedev’s studio, began to offer their new versions of this symbol.

finalists of the competition

The most popular and simplest symbol was the letter P with a crossed leg. It began to be widely used even before official approval and, based on the results of a vote held by the Central Bank in 2013, it was officially chosen as the international symbol of the Russian currency.

It is customary to place the Russian currency symbol after the number.

How to enter a character from the keyboard

You can’t just type the ruble code from the keyboard with one keystroke yet. The character code in the Unicode layout is U+20BD. But it is important that the font used supports this sign, otherwise you will see just a square in this place in the text.

For example, in MS Word, you can type the ruble sign by entering “20BD” (without quotes), and then pressing the ALT key and, while holding it down, the X key. In addition, you can put a symbol through the “Insert - Symbol” menu.

Html code for the ruble symbol

To add the ruble symbol to the site in the html code, you need to specify the code:

& #8399;

Naturally, the font must contain this banknote.

I'll give you a working example.

You can quickly find fonts that support this symbol in the Google Fonts service. In the Preview Text field we indicate the ruble code (I copied the symbol from a Word document, where I pasted it using the method described above, since I still haven’t found a universal way to type a unicode symbol from the keyboard).

It can be seen that the icon we need is supported by the fonts:

• PT Sans (also PT Sans Narrow, PT Sans Caption);
• PT Serif (also PT Serif Caption);
• Roboto (also Roboto Condensed);
• Rubik;
• Istok Web;
• PT Mono;
• Cormorant (also Cormorant Garamond, Cormorant Infant, Cormorant SC, Cormorant Unicase).

Details about connecting a font with Google fonts are written in the article:.

In our case, we need to perform 3 steps:

1. Connect the font (place instructions somewhere in the header area of ​​the site).

3. Insert the ruble sign as a special character.

⃏

< span class = "rubl" > & #8399;

Create your own ruble sign

While using this approach, I encountered a problem that on some devices the symbol is displayed as a square. As a result, I found a universal way to display the ruble sign using the letter P and an underline raised to the required level.

To do this, we indicate on the website:

R

< span class = "rub" >R< / span >

And add the following code to the style sheet:

Rub ( font-family: arial; vertical-align: middle; border-bottom: 1px solid; line-height: 5px; display: inline-block; width: 0.4em; )

Nowadays, everyone knows what the ruble symbol looks like. You can see the symbol of this currency in the article. In it we will talk not only about its history. We will also tell you how to enter the ruble symbol in the text input field. Of course, it is not specified, but there are still ways to enter it. In this article we will look at them all.

History of the symbol

Initially, of course, it is worth paying attention to the history of the symbol. How currency appeared back in the thirteenth century. And almost immediately there was a need to reduce it. There were a lot of variations, but the first known variant that became known to us was a combination of two letters - “r” and “y”. One thing can be said for sure: this abbreviation appeared as a result of the evolution of the then written language in Russian. By the way, this abbreviation originated in the 17th century and was used until the 19th.

Nowadays, another symbol for the ruble is the symbol “₽”. However, it is worth noting that this spelling option is relevant only for banknotes of Russian origin, and everyone knows that the ruble is used in three countries: Russia, Belarus and the unrecognized Transnistria. It is different for each country.

• in Belarus - "Br";
• in Transnistria - “P” with a line that is located vertically.

But in the article we will only talk about the Russian ruble.

Keyboard paste

So, we have already done the main thing, we have indicated the designation of the ruble. We know the symbol, and now it’s time to tell you how to enter it from the keyboard. The first method that we will use appeared relatively recently, in 2013. But it is worth noting that Microsoft has not implemented this symbol in all of its operating systems, but only in the current ones.

So, continuing to talk about the designation of the ruble, you will not find the symbol on the keyboard, as mentioned above. Here you will need to use the keyboard shortcut - Alt + 8.

Everything is quite simple, after pressing these two keys, the ruble symbol will be printed in the place where you placed the cursor. But it’s worth making a note that you need to hold down Alt right, not left, and enter eight on the top numeric keypad, otherwise nothing will work.

Inserting using a symbol table

The simplest way to enter the ruble symbol was presented above. But for some reason it may not work (a broken key or an outdated version of Windows). What to do if you urgently need to enter the ruble symbol? The symbol in Word will help you with this. So, now let's look at a way to insert a ruble symbol into a document using a symbol table in Word.

This is done quite simply; the main thing for you is to initially open the table itself. To do this, go to the "Insert" tab. Now on the toolbar you need to find the “Symbol” button. Click on it and select "Other symbols" from the drop-down menu. You can visually observe the entire process in the picture below.

Now you have the table you need. As you can see, there are an unimaginable number of symbols; manually searching for the one you need will take a long time. To make your search easier, you can select “Currency” from the “Set” drop-down list. After this, different countries will appear in front of you. Find the one you need and click the "Insert" button. Pay attention to the sign code, this will come in handy later.

Using hexadecimal code

Remember that code you needed to pay attention to? This is the hexadecimal code of this character. Now let's look at how it should be used to enter the ruble symbol.

And there’s practically nothing to do here, you just need to enter the code and press ALT + X. But for greater clarity, let’s look at everything with an example.

Let's say you entered a number in Word and want to put a ruble symbol at the end. For this:

• place the cursor in the desired place;
• enter "20BD";
• Press the keyboard shortcut ALT+X.

After this, the code will turn into the symbol we need. If you want to find out other symbol codes, then you can view them in the table with symbols, simply highlighting the desired element. The "Character Code" field will display a set of four characters, which is the hexadecimal code of the selected character.

Using the clipboard

Well, the last method is generally for the lazy, although few people know about it. Using it, you can insert not only a printed symbol into a document, but also the picture of this symbol itself. To do this, the picture or symbol must initially be placed on the clipboard, that is, simply copied. When the desired object is in the buffer, make sure that you do not copy something else there, otherwise it will not work.

After that, open the program or page where you will enter the symbol, paste the copied object using the CTRL + V combination or the context menu.

By the way, you can use this article to copy the necessary material. Here is the symbol itself - “₽”. By the way, you can copy any symbol or image in this way.