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The design/shape of રુ (ru) in Gujarati fonts #2154

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@vizzmay

I have noticed that all the Gujarati script fonts available in Google Fonts display રુ (ર + ુ) (Gujarati ra + u-vowel-matra) as a ligature where the u-matra is connected on the side (similar to Devanagari रु). However, the only reference that I have found for such writing style is from a 1949 Gujarati lexicon Saarth Jodanikosh. AFAIK modern Gujarati publications use a normal u-matra below ra ર‌ુ.

રુ in different fonts:

ru_gujarati_fonts

રુ in the word ગુરુ in Saarth Jodanikosh (1949)

guru_sarth_jodnikosh

રુ in the word ગુરુત્વાકર્ષણ in a 9th Standard Science textbook published by Gujarat State Board (2014)

gurutvakarshan_textbook

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