On 2 Jun 2012, at 19:49, Jean-François Colson wrote:
> At http://store.artlebedev.com/electronics/optimus-popularis/ I see a price in rubles, 31,500 р, where the currency is written р (Cyrillic r).
> But that р is displayed as a capital Р (Cyrillic R) with stroke.
> I’ve never been in Russia. That’s why I have a few questions:
> Is that symbol is in everyday use?
We don't know.
> Is it common?
We don't know.
> Is it new?
Not very; at least one font vendor has been making it available for some time.
> Why doesn’t Unicode support it yet?
Because I haven't written a proposal for it because so far it does not appear that any of the banking authorities or the Russian Finance Ministry supports it.
Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/
Received on Sat Jun 02 2012 - 14:03:42 CDT
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