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Originally Posted by JuliaF View Post How do you do that rupee symbol?
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I'm using iPad 3 with iOS 5.x
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I see a box too - Windows 7 and IE 8
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The ₹ works for me on Vista and Chrome.

Who can decode all this?

Maybe we should stick to Rs.
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Well, it beats talking about scams in Agra.
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Agra was Sooo tame after all I'd heard about it, I actually had very good time there quaffing chai and eating Kachoris with the locals who were friendly, a policeman even paid for my Kachori LOL..Beedis came my way at the chai stall...
Add that to my free transport from Travel Bureau and a guide pal who took me around all the sights for free and it was a all round good experience. Didn't find the shopkeepers particularly bad either.

Train station wasn't that much worse then many other places I'd been to and the bus station was really chilled if a little grubby.

Trick is easy, visit India 15 times before going to Agra LOL
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Smile iOS 5.x works

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Originally Posted by JuliaF View Post The ₹ works for me on Vista and Chrome.

Who can decode all this?

Maybe we should stick to Rs.
Interestingly, my set-up allows me to read Hindi fonts alright, and does so at W'pedia where it was copied from -- but it doesn't read this one. (Perhaps it was copied from some less common script?)

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Originally Posted by Klompen View Post Trick is easy, visit India 15 times before going to Agra LOL
what is problem with Agra? I visited it on my first trip to India and didn't see any problems. Of course it was on the last day of my trip and it can be the reason I didn't any trouble
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Originally Posted by machadinha View Post Interestingly, my set-up allows me to read Hindi fonts alright, and does so at W'pedia where it was copied from -- but it doesn't read this one. (Perhaps it was copied from some less common script?)
Mach I didn't copy it from wikipedia or anywhere else, I made it myself ...

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Originally Posted by JuliaF View Post I did a bit of googling and found that the Unicode for the rupee symbol is 20B9. In WordPad I typed 20B9 followed immediately by Alt + x, and got the symbol then copied and pasted it here
I don't understand any of this, all I know is that some of us can see the ₹ and some of us can't



Sorry Issokay for all this off-topic. I hope you are enjoying Agra better now.
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Originally Posted by theyyamdancer View Post Well, it beats talking about scams in Agra.
But now we have another scam

₹ has been stolen from some computers/browsers by typeface touts It should be free for all, instead they make it very difficult if not impossible to view it, let alone various sizes ₹ or ₹
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₹ is a good size to view it.



Why is it when trying to use Bengali fonts online that they are such miniscule letters? This is probably true for Hindi fonts as well.
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Originally Posted by theyyamdancer View Post ₹ is a good size to view it.
Was unable to view it!

Here is the proof in JPEG format:
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Ha! You got the box with 20B9 too Prakaant!

All this is very odd.


What do people in non-European countries do for the euro symbol? I do Ctrl+Alt+4 to give €

Can people see that? Or just a box?
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I didn't get anything!
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Originally Posted by JuliaF View Post What do people in non-European countries do for the euro symbol? I do Ctrl+Alt+4 to give €

Can people see that? Or just a box?
Very strange. I can see the euro sign, although it is very small, but just get the 20B9 in a box instead of the rupee sign.

NYC will no doubt be along shortly to point out which IT deficiencies cause these glitches.
The inconvenience caused is deeply regretted.

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