Update: The symbol for the Indian Rupee has been officially included in the latest release of the Unicode Standard (ver 6.0.0)
Though this is the FIRST font to support the new symbol for the Indian Rupee, I suggest that you also take a look at some of the other Rupee fonts available.
Foradian Technologies has also come up with a font that supports the new Rupee symbol.
There was much excitement today over the new Cabinet-sanctioned symbol for the Indian Rupee. Rupee was also a top trending topic on Twitter today and still is (at the time of posting).
Interestingly, the design by D Udaya Kumar didn’t feature amongst the five short-listed symbols circulated in the media last month.
Here are the short-listed symbols printed in the Delhi edition of The Times of India dated June 24:
Shortlisted Symbols for the Indian Rupee - The Times of India June 24
Anyway the chosen symbol looks far better than the five shown above and I quite like it.
The new symbol for the Indian Rupee
What saddened me a little is that no one seemed to care about the poor Paise/Paisa. If the Cent can have its symbol, so should the Paise. I modified Udaya Kumar’s Rupee a bit to (unofficially) represent the Paise.
It’ll take a while before the new Rupee symbol gets the necessary standards approvals and is incorporated into the existing software (and also new hardware). So for the interim, I’ve put together a Rupee font that you can download, install and then use.
You may download the Rupee.ttf font file from here.
While this may be the first ever font to support the Rupee symbol, it is also an amateurish effort (of mine) at font creation and is also non-standard.
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32 comments
Global Voices in English » India: Rupee Gets A New Symbol says:
Jul 16, 2010
[...] a symbol and Aditya at Scribbler.in thinks that its a move forward. Soumyadip at Cutting The Chai informs that Rupee became a top trending topic on Twitter [...]
Guntas says:
Jul 16, 2010
Thanks for sharing, very nice!!
praveen says:
Jul 17, 2010
Are u sure that it was your effort to develop this font. i think it was copied from the foradian blog
Soumyadip says:
Jul 17, 2010
@praveen While I appreciate Foradian Technologies’ efforts at creating a font for the Rupee but then the facts should be set right.
The Foradian Rupee font was created on July 16 (both their blog post and the date mentioned in the font version corroborate this). While mine may be an amateurish effort, but it was created at least a day earlier on July 15 and I had also tweeted about it followed by this post on my blog, also dated July 15.
This should put to rest any doubt on which is the first font to support the new Rupee symbol. And I offer no challenge if the debate is about which is the better Rupee font.
Unni says:
Jul 18, 2010
Hi,
Saw your tweet and its understood u gave the first effort and created the font. Google search didnt result it at the time we created the font. We will include a credit link to this post as the first font created for Rupee symbol. Is that fine for you ?
There are some other people also who contacted us telling about their font being created before ours. eg: http://www.angelfire.com/ultra/alexben/
Soumyadip says:
Jul 18, 2010
@Unni Thanks. Glad that Foradian recognises the efforts of others.
Unni says:
Jul 18, 2010
Foradian is an internet engineering company which believes in power of people.
We know font creation is not rocket science. But the timely launching and correct marketing worked great. Thank you for the good words.
I will be following your twitter and blog. This is a great moment for both foradian and you. Keep in touch
Unni says:
Jul 18, 2010
See the Updates
http://blog.foradian.com/font-with-indian-rupee-symbol-download-and-us
Soumyadip says:
Jul 18, 2010
Thanks for the credit. And keep up the good work.
Arun says:
Jul 18, 2010
Good work. Can’t find Paise symbol. Thanks
Soumyadip says:
Jul 18, 2010
Since the Paise symbol isn’t official, therefore didn’t include it in the font. I created the symbol just for fun. But it gives me an idea to come up with a full-fledged Rupee font (that also includes the Paise and other India-centric symbols). I’ll need to brush up my typography.
@Unni Maybe Foradian can come up with an India-enabled font that not includes the Roman alphabet but also other signs and symbols used in a day in the life of India.
Anvith KS says:
Jul 19, 2010
Which key have you mapped the symbol to? or do we have to include it from the symbols menu?
Soumyadip says:
Jul 19, 2010
Actually mapped it to every key besides the number keys.
Subramanian Durairaj says:
Jul 19, 2010
Send me the Rupee software
Soumyadip says:
Jul 19, 2010
The link to download the font is in the post itself. http://www.box.net/shared/jtjcv6pixm
anil says:
Jul 19, 2010
Nice, for your creative work.
Dy-Verse Use the new symbol for the Indian Rupee already « Parashuram's Technical says:
Jul 19, 2010
[...] file is specified to render it correctly. This CSS file was generated using Font Squirrel using the font here. Font Squirrel was used with Custom Subsetting and only “R” was included in the file to [...]
Parashuram says:
Jul 19, 2010
Herez a way to use the new Indian Rupee symbol on websites. http://bit.ly/9jdTWO More details at http://bit.ly/awCTVg
anigalla says:
Jul 20, 2010
Congratulations for being the first in creating the font for Indian Rupee. And it is so nice to see you and foradian complementing each other. Good work Guys. All the best.
Alex says:
Jul 21, 2010
Thanks for making the font available so fast.
The Logic Behind the New Rupee Currency Symbol | Cutting the Chai says:
Jul 26, 2010
[...] Kumar also visualised a symbol for the paise and it is a little different from my photoshopped version. Also noteworthy are the examples of the use of the symbol in daily [...]
The Indian Rupee Symbol- An essential parcel « Social Pie says:
Aug 3, 2010
[...] Download the New Rupee Symbol Font [...]
SHUBHAM KUMAR says:
Aug 3, 2010
i really thank the creator from deep of my hart as he has created history waith this symbol.I SALUTE YOU SIR.
andi eicher says:
Aug 19, 2010
Great work!
Too bad the paise symbol will never be used – not because its not a good idea – but because inflation is so high that nothing is purchasable in paise these days.
Any coin below 1 rupee is almost a rarity now.
Maybe we should officially replace the 50 paisa coin with a sweet. Maybe we could have a symbol for anything below a rupee as a sweet!
Cheers,
Andi
Joshua Issac says:
Sep 13, 2010
Thanks for the font, and thank you Parashuram for the link showing how to display the symbol on web pages.
PARESH says:
Oct 7, 2010
IS THERE ANY DOWNLOAD AVAILABLE OF NEW RUPEE SYMBOL FOR MOBIL ALSO ??? I USE BLACK BERRY PHONE. PLEASE REPLY.
Abdul Wahid Dalvi says:
Oct 20, 2010
Hi all, I am doing a project name as Paisa. I wish to know if I can use the new Rupee logo in my project title or logo “Paisa” or whether I can modified and use it to reflect India money. Many thanks in advance.
Soumyadip says:
Oct 20, 2010
Yes, you can use the rupee symbol anywhere, just as you can use the dollar, pound or euro symbol. In case you want to use the symbol for paise, you can find the symbol suggested by D Udaya Kumar here.
Umesh says:
Nov 4, 2010
would like to have the font for paise.
Graphic World says:
Nov 18, 2010
How to type new Rupee symbol on computer
Download the font from this link
http://graphics.activecomputech.co.cc/Rupee_Foradian.ttf
The simple process in notepad, using the Rupee Foradian font (Format – Font) just type ALT+0236
Regards from FREE VECTOR GRAPHICS GROUP
ashok pai says:
Sep 19, 2011
credit can be given to foradian for creating a vector version of the symbol and converting it into a font. however, what i noticed was that it’s not a true font as such. while it certainly made a difference to many people – I felt it was just a vector image. the overwhelming reaction of the news media and others was just too much. we are such a shallow society that seems to be concentrating too much on making waves, less on quality. I dont blame foradian in any way, but I do feel that we are not academic enough to notice a difference!
Rs 5 and Rs 2 coins with the new rupee symbol | Cutting the Chai says:
Sep 28, 2011
[...] the Chai has a special connection with the rupee symbol. It was the first to build and circulate a font (albeit amateurish and non-standard) for the new rupee symbol. The rupee symbol was officially [...]