Change Saudi Riyal symbol to new official character - #1159
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The new Saudi Riyal symbol scheduled to be released with Unicode 17.0 Raw symbol: Unicode codepoint: U+20C1 References: - https://blog.unicode.org/2025/03/support-for-new-saudi-riyal-currency.html - https://unicode-explorer.com/c/20C1 - https://unicode-explorer.com/c/20C1
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Thank you! Converted to draft until there is a more widespread adoption of Unicode 17 for the symbol. |
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@obahareth do you think we can merge this one now? if yes, can you add a line in the CHANGELOG and rebase with |
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Hey @yukideluxe, thanks for following up on this. Unfortunately I don't think so. While Unicode 17.0 has been supported in newer OS releases, the default font packages in most operating systems are still not rendering the character yet. Most businesses in Saudi are still using a custom font specifically to render that one glyph. |
ok! thanks for the info, @obahareth! I guess we wait a bit longer! 🙏🏻 |
The new Saudi Riyal symbol scheduled to be released with Unicode 17.0
Raw symbol:
Unicode codepoint:
U+20C1References:
NOTE:
It probably isn't a good idea to merge or release this without widespread adoption of Unicode 17, I just made the PR to have it ready.