How to type Indian Rupee Symbol in Text

As we all know that India has got a Symbol for Currency. Now we all have to use the new symbol but the symbol is not available on the keyboard. By doing a little work we can create a rupee symbol and we can use it in our word documents, excel spreadsheet etc.

Here are the steps

Click Start -> Run -> Type eudcedit.exe

Private character editor will get opened

Select the first empty code as shown above

Click OK

Click Edit menu -> Copy Character

Change the font by clicking on Font Button and set desired font (I selected Georgia).

Click OK

Select Letter â€˜Râ€™

Click OK

Modify the letter by using tool like pencil, rectangular selection etc

Now we can link this symbol to existing fonts

File -> Font Links
Click Link with all fonts
Click OK

Using the Rupee Symbol into a text
The characters for private use are accessible via the "Character Map".

To insert Rupee Symbol into a text:

Set the cursor to the correct position within your text.
Click on "Start" -> "Programs" -> "Accessories" -> "System Tools" -> "Character Map"
The Character map will display all private characters.
Select the Rupee Symbol to insert and click on select.
Click "Copy".
Go back to your text and press Ctrl+V to insert the Symbol from the clipboard into the text.

This Symbol will work only on the machine, it was created, unless you save it into a separate font-file and distribute it together with your document.

That’s it.

20 thoughts on “How to type Indian Rupee Symbol in Text”

Gagan July 19, 2010 at 12:48 AM

Its interesting.
here is the link to download the font with Rupee symbol
http://blog.foradian.com/rupee-font-version-20

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mscoder Post authorJuly 19, 2010 at 12:51 AM

Thanks gagan for sharing a link to download the font.

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K. Noronha August 11, 2010 at 6:06 PM

Hi,

Do you have any advice on how to adapt this for excel? i.e. how can I define this as a legitimate currency symbol in excel?

Thanks
Kimberly Noronha

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mscoder Post authorAugust 12, 2010 at 11:08 PM

Hi Kimberly Noronha,

Since eudcedit.exe is a tool to create a private character and all the private characters are accessible through Character Map(Charmap.exe). You can use a private character by using Character Map tool in any application.

If you want to use this symbol for daily routine you can download the font from the link suggested by Gagan (http://blog.foradian.com/rupee-font-version-20).

To use Cell formatting for Rupee symbol in Excel check this link http://mscoder.wordpress.com/2010/08/12/indian-rupee-symbol-in-excel-cell-format/

Thanks
Surya Gahlot

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Rinka Nath September 15, 2010 at 4:42 PM

I make the symbol as prescribed. But after that, I go to Start -> Programme -> Accessories -> System Tools. But after opening system tools there is no option of “Character Map”. Please tell me the right location of “Character Map”.

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MSCoder Post authorSeptember 15, 2010 at 8:05 PM

You can open character map from run window too
Click Start -> Run -> Just type “charmap.exe” and press Enter

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