Unicode characters missing

Question

I can't get my terminal (and python) to properly display some Unicode characters, mainly the new bitcoin symbol. The output is a box.

$ echo -e \\u20bf
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My terminal settings are default Ubuntu GNOME 16.10, the system is updated. I also tried changing the font to Noto/Noto Sans, but the character in question is still missing.

EDIT: Looking for a font patch for new accepted Unicode symbols 'in the pipeline' - Proposed New Characters?

Do you mean ฿ or ƀ? Where did you find that the bitcoin symboml was u20bf — M. Becerra, Mar 19 '17 at 11:57
Can you see it here in this list http://www.utf8-chartable.de/ — M. Becerra, Mar 19 '17 at 12:14
Yes. Under currency symbols http://www.utf8-zeichentabelle.de/unicode-utf8-table.pl?start=8352 — Benjamin Hunter, Mar 19 '17 at 17:22
I see now that it's going to be included in a future package https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin#Units. Question reformulation: any font patches for Mono Regular or another font to show these symbols? — Benjamin Hunter, Mar 19 '17 at 17:29

Madacol · Answer 1 · 2020-01-14T15:14:33.450

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Same problem, and today this worked for me:

sudo apt install fonts-noto

Source: https://askubuntu.com/a/1111736/292470

As a side note: while researching this, I found a way to insert unicode characters in GUI applications as well: Ctrl+Shift+U, then 2 0 b f and Enter

Source: How can I type a Unicode character (for example, em-dash —?)

edited Jan 14 '20 at 15:14

answered Jan 14 '20 at 14:23

Madacol

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