Lebedev Studio calls for the use of the ruble sign

The Art. Lebedev Studio published on its website a message appeal on the use of the ruble symbol, which, as we know, has not yet been available.

“We are proposing to accept the sign ourselves and immediately start using it - not waiting until the Central Bank chooses the ruble sign, ignoring, as always, the opinion of professionals. From our activity and consistency it will largely depend on whether the sign chosen by us is firmly rooted in culture. ”

The message has a rather active character, which at first glance causes a double feeling: on the one hand, the thought is true, indisputable - a sign is needed. But on the other hand, I do not like the proposed symbol (I am sure that my opinion will not be the only one). And the fact that SAL aggressively promotes it by sending a request to Unicode and ISO causes rejection.
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“As a basis, we took the materials from the Sign of the Ruble contest, initiated by Peter Bankov and held by the Portfolio Club together with the Kommersant newspaper in 1999. Since then, many such contests have been held, in which the main types of characters represented coincide. ”

But as I said, this feeling came to me after the first reading. I don’t like the symbol so far, but I accidentally noticed that a rather recognizable sign of ☥, the ankh, of the Egyptian cross is obtained in handwritten form:

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Forgive my free-thinking on this issue - I just assume how this symbol will continue to live not only in print, I try to taste it, as it were, as a philistine. The final verdict will make, of course, time. But what do you think about the design, use, promotion?

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UPD: Ruble sign. Attempt analysis. from Yuri Gordon. found Uznick , for which he thanks!