\documentclass{article} \usepackage{times,europs} \setlength{\parindent}{0mm} \setlength{\parskip}{2\baselineskip} \newcommand{\eutab}[1]{\begin{tabular}{l|cc}% & upright & italic \\% \hline% medium & \textup{\textmd{#1}} & \textit{\textmd{#1}} \\% bold & \textup{\textbf{#1}} & \textit{\textbf{#1}}% \end{tabular}} \begin{document} \def\sampletext{% The Euro symbol \eur{} comes in different shapes, depending on the \textbf{current context \eur}. Font changes \textit{can \eur{} be followed, \textbf{even if \eur{} they are nested}}. \textsf{Changes of \eur{} the font family} \texttt{are handled \eur{} differently.} } \let\eur\EUR \sampletext \textrm{EuroSerif}:\\ \eutab{\EURtm}\\ \let\eur\EURtm \sampletext \textsf{EuroSans}:\\ \eutab{\EURhv}\\ \let\eur\EURhv \sampletext \texttt{EuroMono}:\\ \eutab{\EURcr}\\ \let\eur\EURcr \sampletext \textrm{official}:\\ \eutab{\EURofc}\\ \let\eur\EURofc \sampletext \end{document}