How to use Indian Rupee symbol/ Font file
S.Vismith Bhatt
Indian Rupee finally gets its symbol
NDTV
Correspondent, 15 July, 2010
Finally, the Rupee will
have a symbol like the Dollar ($) or the Euro (€) or the Pound (£). The Cabinet
today finalised the design for the Rupee.
IIT post-graduate Uday kumar's entry has been selected out of five shortlisted
designs as the new symbol for the Indian Rupee.
The government had organised a symbol design competition with a prize money of
Rs 2.5 lakh. Five designs were shortlisted from a competition and all new notes
will bear the design finally approved.
The growing influence of the Indian economy in the global space is said to have
prompted this move that will result in the Indian rupee joining the select club
of global currencies like the US dollar, the British Pound, European Euro and
Japanese Yen that have unique symbols.
The abbreviation for the Indian Rupee, 'Re' or 'Rs' is used by India's neighbours Pakistan,
Nepal and Sri Lanka.
How to use New India Currency Symbol from Keyboard
You don’t have to wait any more. Though the symbol will take a while to appear on the standard keyboard, you can use it right now. Mangalore based Foradian Technologies Pvt. Ltd has created a new font, “Rupee_Foradian” that lets you use the new Indian Currency Symbol from your Keyboard.
1) We are attaching herewith a Rupee_Foradian.ttf font file.
2) Save as on you Desktop and Copy & paste this file to ‘C: /Windows/Fonts’.
3) Open a word/ Excel file. Select “Rupee_Foradian” font from the dropdown list of font in your application.
4) Type the first character on the keyboard.
It appears just above the ‘tab’ key on your keyboard. It will display the new rupee symbol. Enjoy it!
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