How to Type Russian Ruble Sign?

Ruble is the official currency symbol for Russia. Though it is written as capital letter P with a horizontal stroke down, you can write the correct symbol ₽ using keyboard shortcuts.

Alt Code Shortcuts for Ruble Sign

Below is the summary of keyboard shortcuts for typing Ruble sign in Windows and Mac computers.

Type Ruble Sign in Windows Computers

Follow one of the below methods to type the symbol in Windows based computers:

• Press one of the alt keys and type the 8381 using numeric pad. This will make the Ruble sign ₽.
• On Word documents, type 20BD then press alt and X keys together to make this symbol.
• If keyboard shortcuts are not working you can use Symbol utility in Office applications. Go to “Insert > Symbols” menu to open the utility. Search under “Currency Symbols” with “Unicode (hex)” as character code.

• In addition, you can also use Character Map app in Windows to find and insert Ruble sign.

Type Ruble Sign in Mac

Similar to Windows, follow one of the below methods to type the sign in macOS.

• Change the input source to Unicode Hex Input. Press and hold option key and type 20BD.
• If keyboard shortcut is not working for you then you can use Character Viewer app. Press “Command + Control + Space” to open the app and search for “ruble”. This will filter the sign, check the font variation and double click to insert on your documents.

Ruble Sign in HTML

Use one of the below code to insert the sign in HTML document.

<span>&#8381;</span>
<span>&#x20BD;</span>

You can also use the codes with other HTML tags like <p>.

Ruble Sign in CSS

It is also possible to insert the sign on web documents using CSS pseudo elements as shown below:

li:before {
	content:\20BD;
	font-family:Arial;
}

Ruble Sign Display

As Ruble symbol is like any other text characters, you can customize and apply all text effects.

Note: The cryptocurrency Petro also uses the same Ruble sign with minor change as rounded corner in letter P.