Other countries using a symbol for their currency Now recently , the Rupee will have a symbol like the Dollar ($) or the Euro (€) or the Pound (£). The Cabinet 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.How to install font?
1. Download the font Rupee.ttf or the new version Rupee_Foradian.ttf
2. Install the font. (It is easy. Just copy the font and paste it in "Fonts" folder in control panel)
3. Start using it. :)
By default, the Indian Rupee font is mapped to the grave accent (`) symbol on your PC's keyboard and you can use the Indian currency font immediately after installing it
Visit http://blog.foradian.com/font-with-indian-rupee-symbol-download-and-us for installaton tutorial