Alexander Igorevich

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Many reputable world currencies quoted on the foreign exchange market have their own symbol (ligature) used for abbreviated designation. The US dollar has it - this is the well-known “$”, the Japanese yen - “¥”, the oldest pound sterling - “£” and even the youngest currency - the euro, also has its own short symbol - “€”, which it acquired in as a result of painful elections and torment that ended in December 1996.

But one of the most stable currencies in the world - the Swiss franc still does not have its own ligature, and the Chinese yuan did not act entirely correctly, appropriating the designation of the Japanese yen - it turns out that this happens.

In Russia, the idea of ​​​​creating its own currency designation has been in the air for a long time, but only at the beginning of December 2013 was a new ruble sign finally chosen.

Attempts to begin developing a short designation for the Russian currency were made back in 1997, after the redenomination. Several variants related to the Latin letter “R” were developed, but a default occurred and the matter stopped. In 1997, the competition was held by the magazine “Financier”, the result was 300 writing options, but none of them were approved.

The second similar competition was held in 1999 by the Dengi magazine, followed by 2 more competitions - from the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper, held in 2005-2006, and from RIA Novosti.

The now winning symbol was developed in 2007 by an initiative group created by the famous designer Erken Kagarov, which included Designet, DesignDepot, Imadesign and other companies.

Criteria that the ruble symbol must meet

When choosing the most interesting and suitable options, the ligature’s compliance with the following requirements was taken into account:

• Graphic uniqueness and originality of the sign,
• Ease of writing, memorization, perception and reproduction of the symbol,
• Convenient handwriting
• A solid, persistent and unambiguous association with the Russian currency,
• Absence of clear associations with any religion,
• Preservation of graphic standards and style of writing signs of other world currencies,
• Single-part designation is important for simplicity and ease of use (for example, the letters “yu” or “s” are two-part),
• The character width must be standard - this is an important parameter for typesetting fonts,
• Font independence - the ligature should easily fit into both Cyrillic and Latin fonts, and into any
• Uniform density - means the absence of graphic overloads and too small details in one of the parts of the symbol,
• The Russian currency designation has historical and cultural roots.

This is only part of the objective requirements - there are also subjective ones, such as speed and ease of identification, harmonious perception of the logo among the designations of other currencies, the absence of negative, ambiguous or dubious associations, and others.

Why do we need a Russian currency symbol?

Many people wonder: “ Why do we even need this logo for our currency?" After all, we lived without it for almost five centuries - since the time of the ruble reform of Elena Glinskaya, the famous mother of Ivan the Terrible.

According to the Central Bank, in other leading countries of the world, currency designations began to appear with the involvement of national currencies in international circulation. Thus, the symbols that appeared received recognition on the world stage. So having your own sign will contribute to the recognition of the Russian currency throughout the world and its recognition.

E. Nabiullina believes that the graphic image emphasizes the stability of the ruble.

As Nikolai Zhuravlev said, “the national currency sign, its presence is an international practice, and now the Russian ruble has ceased to be an exception to the rule in this sense.” He also answered the question of what the presence of a currency logo gives the country: “the official approval of the symbol of the Russian currency will increase its authority in the world market and will become the basis for the unification of the graphic designation.”

According to Alexander Troshin, First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council, the appearance of currency symbols on keyboard layouts will help promote the logo throughout the world.

Other interesting facts about the new ruble sign

• In 2014, the issue of coins in the denomination of “1 ruble” with the image of the approved designation will be organized. The circulation will be 100 million copies. The coins will be minted throughout 2014 from steel with a nickel plated plating.
• In addition, the approved ligature will be used in the packaging of banknotes and in their security symbols.

If you're looking for support for the new Russian ruble symbol, you're in luck. After you install this update for Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012, you will be able to enter, view, print, and use the new character with data formatted as Russian currency. More information about the update.

Some changes implemented in this update

The following font families have been updated: Arial, Times New Roman, Microsoft Sans Serif, Tahoma, Cambria, Calibri and Segoe UI.

Six keyboards localized for Russia now support entering the ruble symbol using the ALTGR+8 keys. Learn more about adding or changing an input language in the Windows 8 operating system.

Locale information has been updated so that the new symbol is automatically used with items formatted as currency in Access fields, Excel cells, or currency columns in SharePoint lists. Learn more about changing your preferred language in the Windows 8 operating system.

Entering the ruble symbol from the keyboard

If your keyboard does not support entering the ruble symbol, you can insert it using one of the methods described below.

ALT-X keys Type "20BD" and then press and hold the ALT key and press the X key. (This feature is supported in OneNote, Outlook with Word as the editor, and in Word.)

Important: Some Office applications, such as PowerPoint, do not support converting Unicode codes to characters. If you need to insert Unicode characters in an application that doesn't support them, use .

Inserting symbols Select teams Insert > Symbol. (This feature is supported in Excel, InfoPath, PowerPoint, Publisher, SharePoint Designer, OneNote, Outlook with Word as editor, and in Word.)

Adviсe:

• If the character you want to insert is not in the list, select Other characters. In field Font select the font you want, click the character you want to insert, and click the button Insert.

  If you select an advanced font such as Arial or Times New Roman, the Set list appears. Here you can select the set you need, including Greek and Russian (Cyrillic), if available.

Ruble symbol stamp

If the printer's built-in fonts do not contain the Russian ruble symbol, an empty frame will be printed instead. To learn how to add the Russian ruble symbol to your printer's built-in fonts, contact your printer supplier. You can also change your printer settings so that it does not use built-in fonts. To do this, use the parameter Print fonts as graphics in the printer settings.

The global sign of the Russian ruble (₽) appeared relatively recently compared to the signs of other currencies - in 2013. It was selected from several options and approved in 2013, and in 2014, corresponding applications were submitted to the Unicode Commission to include the character in the electronic system so that it could be entered and seen on a computer using a keyboard. Microsoft also released an update to the symbol in 2014, making it easy to print. Still don’t know how to type the ruble sign on the keyboard? Then we will tell you. We’ll also figure out what the problem might be if the ruble sign is not displayed at all.

What is needed to enter the ruble sign? Why isn't it showing?

As we have already said, the sign became widespread relatively recently - in 2014. If your operating system was last updated before an update with this sign was released, then it simply does not know it. And you won’t be able to enter or view this symbol.

To see and enter the ruble sign, in this case you need to update the operating system.

• Here is a link to the page on the official Microsoft website, where you can get all the information and download the update.
• You can also update through the built-in Windows Update. It is located in the Start menu - All Programs - Windows Update. You can use the search in the Start menu.

Now that we have prepared your computer for viewing and entering rubles, let's proceed to input methods.

The easiest ways to enter the ruble sign ₽ using the keyboard

• Place your cursor where you want to write the sign. Click the mouse. Then click Alt and hold, type on the numeric keypad 8381 . A ruble sign will appear. This method works in Word, but, unfortunately, not in all text editors.

• On the Internet you can also come across recommendations to click Alt + 8 on the numeric keypad to enter the ruble sign. But this method did not work for us in any text editor. Write if it works for you.
• Open the symbol table through the menu “Start - All Programs - Utilities - Symbol Table”, or through a search in the Start menu. In this table you will find the ruble symbol, it is located towards the end. But you will have to search manually among many other symbols.

Ruble symbol in the symbol table. Pay attention to the position of the slider to quickly find the symbol in the table.

• Just copy the ₽ symbol from our article to any place where you need to paste it. Copy - ctrl+c, insert - ctrl+v.

These are all the ways to enter the ruble symbol on a computer at the moment. May there be more such symbols in your wallet and bank account.

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In 2013, the Central Bank of the Russian Federation officially approved a new ruble symbol instead of the abbreviation “rub”, which was used in financial reports, when printing price tags, and so on. This sign was recognized as an international designation of the Russian currency, and its code value was included in the symbolic table of special signs. Therefore, when writing documents when indicating monetary amounts, it has become convenient to use this symbol. However, not all users know how to insert a ruble symbol in Word. Below we provide detailed instructions.

Note! The ruble symbol is only available in Word 2016. This symbol is not available in earlier versions of the editor. Therefore, the insert demonstration will be carried out in version 2016.

Inserting via symbol table

1. Suppose there is a number printed on a page in a Word document, after which you need to insert a ruble symbol:

1. Next, place the mouse cursor (print carriage) in the desired place, open the “Insert” tab in the top functional menu of the editor, and in the list of functions that opens, in the “Symbols” section, find and click the “Symbol” button:

1. In the drop-down menu that appears, select “Other symbols...”:

1. In the dialog box that opens, in the “Set” field, select “Currency notes”, select the ruble sign in the list of symbols (or you can enter its code “20BD” in the “Sign code” field) and click the “Insert” button:

1. The result will be the following:

Paste with hotkeys

This insertion method is the fastest and easiest to remember. Each special character has its own Unicode code, which is used to denote it in the computer character layout. The ruble sign corresponds to the code “20BD”. In this case, the sequence of actions will be as follows:

1. First of all, just as in the previous case, install the print carriage in the desired location:

1. Next, enter the characters “20BD”:

1. Next, press the hotkey combination Alt+X. As a result we get:

Using the methods described above, you can insert a ruble symbol in Word. Using these methods, you can insert a symbolic designation of other monetary units; you just need to know their code designation.