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How to insert U+20B4 unicode character in LaTeX text? I've read that it is possible with XeTeX, but can it be done in LaTeX? Ive tried \char"U+20B4, but obtained bad character code 8372.

Thanks in advance

Spectorsky
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    You can use DeclareUnicodeCharacter (see https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/443042/38080). (Obviously, you need a font with that shape, or fake it somehow). Btw, the character is ₴ https://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/20b4/index.htm – Rmano Oct 13 '20 at 07:49
  • @Rmano, thanks for reply, but DeclareUnicodeCharacter does not work here because there is not such char in LaTeX font. – Spectorsky Oct 13 '20 at 08:57
  • Yes, for that I said "or fake it somehow", as brilliantly shown by @egreg's answer... – Rmano Oct 13 '20 at 09:21

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As far as I know there is no font for pdflatex that has U+20B4 HRYVNIA SIGN ₴ (the symbol for the Ukrainian currency).

You can emulate it, with something like

\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[ukrainian]{babel}

\usepackage{graphicx}


\DeclareRobustCommand{\hryvnia}{{%
  \fontencoding{OT1}\upshape
  \settoheight{\dimen255}{S}%
  \vphantom{S}%
  \smash{\ooalign{%
    \hfil\reflectbox{S}\hfil\cr % a reflected S
    \hfil\raisebox{0.25ex}{--}\hfil\cr % upper bar
    \hfil\raisebox{-0.05ex}{--}\hfil\cr % lower bar
  }}%
}}


\DeclareUnicodeCharacter{20B4}{\hryvnia}


\begin{document}


Ви заборгували мені ₴2000.


\end{document}

The definition of \hryvnia maybe is not the best, but the idea is this: you find out how to print the symbol and then use \DeclareUnicodeCharacter to get it when you type in the Unicode character.

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egreg
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  • Thanks a lot, it works well in pdf (maybe some adjusting will be done). However, it does not work for yap (internal dvi previewer), separate S and - are displayed (it seems that box transformation does not work in yap). – Spectorsky Oct 13 '20 at 08:44
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    @Spectorsky DVI previewers generally aren't able to reproduce these effects; have you ever tried to look at a TikZ diagram on yap? Use PDF and be happy. – egreg Oct 13 '20 at 08:53
  • I use yap for preview. To precise: yap does it correct in ps mode, but does not in pk mode (which I usually switch on). In pk mode, \reflectbox move box horizontally but does not reflect it. Command \scalebox{-1}[1] does the same as \reflectbox. – Spectorsky Oct 13 '20 at 09:07
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    @Spectorsky WIthout PostScript interpretation, you cannot get reflections and other effects that DVI mode is unable to make. – egreg Oct 13 '20 at 09:21
  • yep, here is some frustration. It is interesting that yap in dvipk mode reflects 'box outline' horizontally with respect to its right side, but 'internal part' of the box is not reflected. Unfortunatelly, I cannot insert image in this comment, but you can easily reproduce it on your computer (if you have ypa installed). – Spectorsky Oct 13 '20 at 09:34
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    @Spectorsky Sorry, but I can't see how DVI mode is helpful nowadays: there are fast and accurate PDF previewers (I'm obviously not thinking to Adobe Reader) around, for every OS. And, sorry again, I can't run yap, for lack of Windows, which I'm very satisfied of. ;-) – egreg Oct 13 '20 at 09:47