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+Adobe's Euro currency fonts for LaTeX
+=====================================
+
+[ Note: this Europs package has been merged with the fonts/euro package
+so the paths in this documentation aren't correct any more. You find all
+support files apart from the Adobe fonts itself in the directory
+CTAN:/tex-archive/fonts/euro.
+
+Reinhard Zierke, 09-Aug-1999 ]
+
+
+1. Introduction
+---------------
+
+This is yet another attempt to provide the Euro currency symbol for LaTeX.
+There are already several solutions, but each with limited possibilities:
+
+ - The package marvosym (by Thomas Henlich) provides a PostScript font with
+ four glyphs: The official Euro symbol, and three not-so-official shapes
+ which are more convenient when using the symbol together with Times,
+ Helvetica or Courier.
+
+ - The package eurosym (by Henrik Theiling) provides the Euro symbol in
+ several shapes, among them one that is constructed from the exact
+ specifications. The font itself is done with Metafont, which is not
+ a problem by itself. But if you want to create PDFs containing the Euro
+ symbol, you're bound for trouble.
+
+ - Finally, there is a set of tfm files for Adobe's Euro fonts, which were
+ placed on CTAN on behalf of Y&Y. The included (plain) TeX-example works,
+ but leaves much to be desired.
+
+
+2. This Package
+---------------
+
+So, several solutions, but every single one has it's drawbacks. So I decided
+to try to hack something together, and that's what I came up with:
+
+ - I use the twelve fonts distributed by Adobe, as the Y&Y package does.
+
+ - The font names conform to Karl Berry's naming scheme. The following
+ list gives the PostScript names and the corresponding TeX names. The
+ two other file names in the list are used later:
+
+ PostScript TeX PC Macintosh
+
+ EuroSans-Regular zpeurs.pfb _1______.PFB EuroSanReg
+ EuroSans-Italic zpeuris.pfb _1I_____.PFB EuroSanIta
+ EuroSans-Bold zpeubs.pfb _1B_____.PFB EuroSanBol
+ EuroSans-BoldItalic zpeubis.pfb _1BI____.PFB EuroSanBolIta
+
+ EuroSerif-Regular zpeur.pfb _3______.PFB EuroSerReg
+ EuroSerif-Italic zpeuri.pfb _3I_____.PFB EuroSerIta
+ EuroSerif-Bold zpeub.pfb _3B_____.PFB EuroSerBol
+ EuroSerif-BoldItalic zpeubi.pfb _3BI____.PFB EuroSerBolIta
+
+ EuroMono-Regular zpeurt.pfb _2______.PFB EuroMonReg
+ EuroMono-Italic zpeurit.pfb _2I_____.PFB EuroMonIta
+ EuroMono-Bold zpeubt.pfb _2B_____.PFB EuroMonBol
+ EuroMono-BoldItalic zpeubit.pfb _2BI____.PFB EuroMonBolIta
+
+ - I have included fd files, so that within each of the three font families
+ the usual NFSS commands for changing series and shape work.
+
+ - The file europs.sty defines five commands for selecting the Euro symbol:
+
+ \EURhv selects EuroSans
+ \EURtm selects EuroSerif
+ \EURcr selects EuroMono
+ \EUR selects one of the three above, depending on the current
+ context
+ \EURofc selects EuroSans Regular independent of context
+ N.B.: This is the only "official" Euro symbol. If you
+ want to conform with the rules of the EU (or
+ whoever), you may only use this symbol.
+
+ The first four names are stolen from marvosym. Although the association
+ with Helvetica, Times and Courier is not necessarily intelligent, these
+ names are easy to remember.
+
+So, you can simply say
+
+ \textsf{just my 2 \EUR}
+ \textbf{\textit{just my 2 \EUR}}
+
+and you get the symbol you expect.
+
+
+3. Installation
+---------------
+
+This archive consists of the following files:
+
+ dvips
+ zpeu.map
+ pdftex
+ zpeu.pdfmap
+ tex
+ europs.dtx europs.ins
+ eutest.ps eutest.tex
+ tfm
+ zpeub.tfm zpeubi.tfm zpeubis.tfm zpeubit.tfm
+ zpeubs.tfm zpeubt.tfm zpeur.tfm zpeuri.tfm
+ zpeuris.tfm zpeurit.tfm zpeurs.tfm zpeurt.tfm
+
+Install the tfm files in the appropriate place, depending on your TeX version.
+
+You will need the Type 1 files from Adobe. For legal reasons they cannot be
+included in this package. You have to fetch them personally, e.g. from
+
+ http://www.adobe.com/type/eurofont.html
+
+or
+
+ ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/type/win/all/eurofont.exe
+ ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/type/mac/all/eurofont.sea.hqx
+
+You can either unpack one of these archives on an appropriate computer, or
+you can use the freely distributable "unzip" to extract the files from the
+file "eurofont.exe". Once you've done this, you have to rename the fonts
+according to the table shown above, i.e. _1______.PFB is renamed to
+zpeurs.pfb, and so on. If you have downloaded and unpacked the Macintosh
+archive, you have to extract the POST part from the resource fork of the
+fonts. This can e.g. be done with the program "macfont". It is available
+at your nearest CTAN mirror. Once you got the PFB files, put them into the
+type1 directory of your TeX installation.
+
+Append(!!) zpeu.map to psfonts.map, and, if you are using pdfTeX, zpeu.pdfmap
+to the appropriate mapping file, so that dvips and pdfTeX know how to handle
+these fonts. Note: dvips prior to 5.80 has problems with partial font
+downloading in general, and with Adobe's Euro fonts in particular. You can
+say "dvips -j0 ..." to switch off partial font downloading completely, but
+this may increase the size of the generated PostScript file. You should
+really get the most recent version of dvips, which can be found at
+
+ http://www.radicaleye.com/
+
+Most TeX distributions include new versions of the individual programs quite
+fast, so you may want to check your distribution for a recent version of
+dvips.
+
+Process europs.ins with TeX or LaTeX. This will produce a style file and
+three font definition files. Move them to a place where LaTeX can find them.
+
+Now you should be able to use the Euro currency symbol.
+
+
+4. Bugs
+-------
+
+Probably many. If you find one, or want a feature to be added, please contact
+
+ Joern Clausen
+ University of Bielefeld, Faculty of Technology
+ joern@TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE