How to Download and Use the Indian Rupee Symbol Font (Rupee Foradian)

This article is definitely outdated but still gets lot of traffic so restoring just for those who would want to download the font.

🎯 What this font is

Rupee Foradian is one of the earliest fonts released to allow easy insertion of the new Indian rupee symbol (₹) into documents and applications before widespread Unicode support existed.
It was developed by Foradian Technologies and made freely available for download in July 2010.

After the announcement of Indian Rupee symbol one of the 1st question that came to the minds of many was which key will be used to insert the Rupee symbol. A font named Rupee Foradian has been released. The latest version is 3.0.

📜 Background: Why this font matters

• On 15 July 2010 the government of India officially unveiled a new symbol for the Indian rupee (₹).  
• At that time many computer systems, fonts and operating systems did not include this symbol.
• As a result, there was a need for a font or workaround to display the rupee symbol in documents, spreadsheets, invoices, etc.
• Rupee Foradian fulfilled that gap by mapping the new symbol to a keyboard key in its font

💾 Download and Installation

Their Official Blog is no long active (No longer active) http://blog.foradian.com/. The blog claims that “We have made the first font with support for Indian currency symbol.”

1. Download the font (version 3.0)
2. On Windows:
   • Windows 7 or newer: double-click the .ttf and click Install.
   • On older Windows: Copy the .ttf file and paste into C:\Windows\Fonts.
3. Open office and select rupee foradian font
4. Type the Rupees Symbol in Microsoft Word through the grave acent symbol (`)
   (the key just above “tab” button in your keyboard. Below Esc button).

If you keyboard does not have the specified key then press “Alt” and type “0096” (zero-zero-nine-six) on your keyboard.

(No longer active) More details about usage can be found here

🧰 How to use it in practice

• After installation select the “Rupee Foradian” font in your document.
• Press the designated key (often `) to produce the rupee symbol.
• Because the symbol is embedded in the font and not a Unicode character (in older versions), anyone viewing the document must also have the font installed, otherwise the symbol may not display correctly.
• If you’re creating PDFs or invoices that will be shared widely, embed the font in the PDF to ensure display quality on machines without the font.

📝 Limitations and Current Status

• With the adoption of Unicode codepoint U+20B9 for the Indian rupee sign, many modern fonts and OS systems now support the symbol natively.  
• Because Rupee Foradian uses a custom mapping (not standard Unicode), reliance on it is less ideal in modern workflows — particularly if recipients don’t have the font installed.
• For long-term documents, using a Unicode-aware font that includes U+20B9 is preferable.
• If you embed the font in a document, the file size may increase and editability might be limited (depending on how embedding is done).

✅ Why you might still use Rupee Foradian

• If you are working in legacy systems where the rupee symbol is missing and upgrading fonts is not possible.
• If you are producing offline printed material (invoices, letterheads) and want a quick workaround.
• If you want to ensure consistent appearance of the rupee symbol across older machines and users