Monday, July 19, 2010

Indian Rupee finally gets its symbol

I will start with this news excerpt from News channel and it says it all. Following this is a set of instructions that shows a way to use the symbol in our PC.

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 also used by India's neighbours Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

 
You can start using the font straight away in your PC. Thanks to Foradian Technologies. Following are the steps.

Go to  http://blog.foradian.com/font-with-indian-rupee-symbol-download-and-us
Down load the font file. It is by the name “Rupee.ttf”
Copy it to your computer's font folder. This is C: /Windows/Fonts
Open a word file. Type the first character left of 1 (the key just above "tab" button in your keyboard) Just select "Rupee" font from the drop down list of your fonts in your application It will display our new rupee symbol.




Try it. It will have its limitations, but it’s definitely a very good starting. Lets celebrate another entry to another very exclusive club.

Information obtained with thanks from NDTV and Foradian Technologies websites.

6 comments:

  1. Oh, I am off to try this. What a fun sign indeed, I love learning the background to its creation.;))
    xoxo

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  2. Yes, finally the Ruppee has its own symbol and it one of the few countries to have their pwn symbol for the currency.

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  3. That's great! And I really like the design. Will go follow the instructions. x

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  4. Oh! its really great. I liked the design very much as its unique and wonderful.

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  5. Congratulations Great India!



    Aloha from Waikiki

    Comfort Spiral

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