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Add new Saudi Riyal currency symbol to Arabic keyboards (RAlt+S) #3815
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+ [RALT K_S] > U+20c1
U+20C1is the new Saudi Riyal currency symbol, added in Unicode 17.0 in September 2025, and deployed in Win11 25H2.I think we need to add U+20C1 to our Arabic keyboards.
Originally posted by @mcdurdin in #15345
RAlt+S is one option that matches the Windows layout change (kbda1.dll, Arabic 101)
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darcywong00 commentedon Dec 12, 2025
The list of Arabic keyboards I got in #3814
darcywong00 commentedon Dec 12, 2025
Should we also 🍒 pick keymanapp/keyman#14728 to stable-18.0 so Keyman Developer 18.0 will include Unicode 17.0?
LornaSIL commentedon Dec 12, 2025
We don't have this in the SIL fonts (yet). Somehow I missed adding that when we updated the fonts for Unicode 17.0.
As long as the keyboards don't specifically use Scheherazade New it should be fine to update the keyboards.
I double-checked and Microsoft did add the character to Catrinity, Segoe, and Times New Roman.
mcdurdin commentedon Dec 12, 2025
No, we don't need to update to newer standard versions for released versions of Keyman, generally. v19 will include Unicode 17.0 (or later).
darcywong00 commentedon Dec 15, 2025
From @mcdurdin:
For basic_kbda1, we'll also need to make the rules use chiral modifiers to incorporate
So
becomes
I (Darcy) have another question: What about the touch layout? Do we just put a single key on the right-alt layer?
mcdurdin commentedon Dec 15, 2025
If we don't have good touch-specific layouts, then I guess that'll do. Otherwise perhaps a longpress on $?