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Displaying the Indian currency symbol on a website

This symbol for the rupee, the currency of India, was approved by the Union Cabinet on 15 July 2010. How can I display it on a website?

Indian currency symbol

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JustLearn Avatar asked Aug 30 '10 05:08

JustLearn


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How can I get Rupee symbol in my website?

To display Rupee Symbol in HTML Use ASCII code ₹ as shown below.

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The Union government, preferring the keyboard combination mode to a key dedicated to the symbol, has shortlisted two command options to get the rupee symbol: Alt+R and Alt+4.

What is the HTML tag for Indian rupee symbol?

₹​ Indian rupee sign. HTML: ₹ — ₹ or ₹ — also ₹, corresponding to Unicode U+20B9.

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The Indian currency is called the Indian Rupee (INR). One Rupee consists of 100 Paise. The symbol of the Indian Rupee is ₹. The design resembles both the Devanagari letter "₹" (ra) and the Latin capital letter "R", with a double horizontal line at the top.


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The HTML entity for the Indian rupee sign is ₹ (₹). Use it like you would © for the copyright sign. For more, read Wikipedia's article on the rupee sign.

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Sanjay Avatar answered Sep 27 '22 19:09

Sanjay


If you are using font awesome icons, then you can use this:

To import font-awesome:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="//maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.3.0/css/font-awesome.min.css"> 

Usage:

Current Price: <i class="fa fa-inr"></i> 400.00 

will show as:

Imgur

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Pratyush Avatar answered Sep 27 '22 21:09

Pratyush