How To Use Rupee Symbol in Windows?

Alot of people have been asking here how to insert the Rupee Symbol in text editors like MS Word,Wordpad etc. so I'm writing this nutshell tutorial.

For Windows:-

1. Get the Rupee Font from here.

2. Copy the .ttf file to C:\Windows\Fonts and paste the font there.

3. Open your MS Word/Any other text editing tool and press ` on your keyboard(the leftmost key in the number row) to get the Rupee Symbol.

For Linux:-

1. Get the Rupee font from here.

2. Open Terminal and type the command “xmodmap -e “keycode 49 = U20b9 grave”

3. You to type the Rupee Symbol press the ` key.

Hope, it helps.
 
So suppose I'm using Bookman Old Style, every time I want the Rupee symbol, I change the font, type the symbol in this new font and then change back to my old font i.e. Bookman Old Style. Too much effort and, also too risky for long documents that I have to type...one slip of formatting and I'd be *#%&^% ... I'd continue to stick to 'Rs.' until they being out 'Indian' keyboards or something, assuming that would eliminate font switching thing.
 
Yeah...its a good idea. But the problem is that I work with legal documents which range from 30-100 pages of one .doc document. And, sometimes I have to do a <ctrl>+<a> to select the whole document and apply some formatting changes. So, while macro is a very good idea to cut down on the mouse clicks I have to make, it won't help me if the Rupee symbol comes out in print looking like that indecipherable rectangle (something like this 邮件驿站 ) that happens when fonts act up. And you know, how quirky Word is.
 
XTechManiac said:
Heh. On a side note, TVS had already launch TVS Gold Bharat, the first keyboard with the new rupee symbol. Price around 1.4k.
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great, i'll take that :)

by the way, who brought a first keyboard on TE with rupee symbol ???
 
XTechManiac said:
Alot of people have been asking here how to insert the Rupee Symbol in text editors like MS Word,Wordpad etc. so I'm writing this nutshell tutorial.

For Windows:-

1. Get the Rupee Font from here.

2. Copy the .ttf file to C:\Windows\Fonts and paste the font there.

3. Open your MS Word/Any other text editing tool and press ` on your keyboard(the leftmost key in the number row) to get the Rupee Symbol.

Hope, it helps.
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No success :(
 
@ Emperor, the font should be selected in word processor (eg. MS Word) to get rupee symbol with ` key

@ krishnandu, there should be a separate key for rupee symbol on Indian key boards OR ` has to be typed by alt code
 
Emperor said:
No success :(
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Working fine for me. :ashamed:



Download the .tff file and place it in C:\Windows\Fonts

Open wordpad/MS word and in the font menu select "Rupee Foradian" an press tidle key(`) to get the new Indian rupee symbol.
 
thetoxicmind said:
Press the Tilde(`) key to apply the symbol in the document.
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Just noticed ... something's not right here ... tilde key is <~> and not <`> . So is it <shift>+<`> that one needs to get the symbol?

EDIT: Tried it and it works with the <`> key. No need for <shift>+<`>.

Btw, on XP I installed it through Control Panel > Fonts > File > Install New Fonts... just in case anyone is facing problem on this count.
 
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