After the Official Symbol for the Indian Rupee was finalized by the Union Cabinet, every one in the country were curious about “How to Type Indian Rupee Symbol in Computer using MS-Word?“. So i thought of sharing this small tutorial on writing INR Rupee Symbol using computer keyboard.
The symbol of Indian Rupee doesn’t have a Unicode character and it can take from a few days to a year for the new symbol to get accepted by the Unicode Consortium’s Unicode Technical Committee that is responsible for the development and maintenance of the Unicode Standard, including the Unicode Character Database.
Until then, you can use the Indian Rupee font designed by Foradian Technologies using (`) key of the keyboard.
How to install Rupee font?
2. Copy the file to C:\Windows\Fonts directory.(for Windows XP users)
2. Right-click the file and choose “Install”. (for Windows 7/Vista users)
NOTE: As all the computers all not having this font installed, It is advised not to use this font in your documents such as MS-Word and other applications. Because, when you open such a document on another computer the viewer will not be able to see the symbol as the font is not installed on his computer. The Rupee font is strictly for designing purposes.
To use the Indian Rupee Font, you will need to complete the following steps.
You need a Font called Rupee Foradian, Download Rupee Foradian Font.
Copy it to /Windows/Fonts (Copy the font from your downloads folder and paste it in your Windows/Fonts folder)
Now, head to an application such as Word and choose the Rupee Foradian Regular font.
Hit the button which is present above tab button (the previous button to the number key 1, usually called as tilde symbol button), you must be able to see the Rupee symbol, this doesn’t work if you use any other font.
To make it work on all the fonts, go to Insert -> Symbols -> More Symbols -> AutoCorrect -> and replace the symbol that appears to the Rupee font.
After ‘Auto Correcting’, you should be able to see the Rupee symbol with any font.
You need a Font called Rupee Foradian, Download Rupee Foradian Font.
Now, head to an application such as Word and choose the Rupee Foradian Regular font.
To make it work on all the fonts, go to Insert -> Symbols -> More Symbols -> AutoCorrect -> and replace the symbol that appears to the Rupee font.
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