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author | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2006-01-09 00:47:01 +0000 |
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committer | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2006-01-09 00:47:01 +0000 |
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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/eurofont/readme.txt b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/eurofont/readme.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..86129438266 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/eurofont/readme.txt @@ -0,0 +1,124 @@ +File readme.txt +Part of the eurofont package +Copyright 1998 Rowland McDonnell +email: rebecca@astrid.u-net.com + +The eurofont package consists of the following files: + +adobeuro + readme.txt + tfmfiles + zpeub.tfm + zpeubi.tfm + zpeubis.tfm + zpeubit.tfm + zpeubs.tfm + zpeubt.tfm + zpeur.tfm + zpeuri.tfm + zpeuris.tfm + zpeurit.tfm + zpeurs.tfm + zpeurt.tfm +eurofont.dtx +eurofont.ins +marvosym + readme.txt + source + fmvr8x.afm + mvrit.tex + tfmfiles + original + fmvr8x.tfm + fmvri8x.tfm + yandy + fmvr8x.tfm + fmvri8x.tfm +readme.txt + +To install the package, do the following: + +Run LaTeX on eurofont.ins + +Put eurofont.sty, eurofont.cfg, and all the files ending in .fd into a +directory on your tex-inputs search path. + +Run LaTeX on eurofont.dtx and print out the documentation. + +Read at least the introductory sections of the documentation. + +If you want to use Adobe's Eurofonts, put the files zpeub.tfm - +zpeurt.tfm (all the files in the adobeuro/tfm/ directory) into a directory +on your tex-fonts search path. The file dvidrive.txt has +information on how to configure your dvi driver to use Adobe's Eurofonts. + +If you want to use the Marvosym fount, read the eurofont package +documentation. The file dvidrive.txt has information on how to configure +your dvi driver to use the marvosym fount. + +Read the documentation so you can set up the package to meet your needs. + + +FONTS CONTAINING EURO SYMBOLS +============================= + +Aside from the Text Companion founts which accompany the EC founts (the T1 +encoded version of the standard Computer Modern founts), Metafont euro +symbols are included in two other founts that I know of, both available +from CTAN. The following urls retrieve the packages from my nearest CTAN +mirror: + +ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/china2e.zip +ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/eurosym.zip + +(other CTAN sites are listed at the end of this document) + +There are PostScript Type 1 founts containing euro symbols: Adobe's +Eurofonts, a set of 12 founts providing seriffed, sanserif, and monospaced +euro symbols in medium upright, italic, bold, and bold italic version; and +the Marvosym fount, which has three euro symbols, very similar to the +medium upright seriffed, sanserif, and monospaced euro symbols from +Adobe. + +Adobe's Eurofonts are available (September 1998) in a Mac version +from here: + +ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/type/mac/all/eurofont.sea.hqx +ftp://ftp-pac.adobe.com/pub/adobe/type/mac/all/eurofont.sea.hqx + +For Textures users on Macs, take the installer from CTAN: + +systems/mac/textures/contrib/IdealFonts/EuroDefs.sit.hqx +systems/mac/textures/contrib/IdealFonts/README.IF + +You should still download Adobe's Eurofonts separately. + +And in a version suitable for MS-Windows PCs and Unix from here: + +ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/type/win/all/eurofont.exe +ftp://ftp-pac.adobe.com/pub/adobe/type/win/all/eurofont.exe + +these files are self-extracting archives on MS-Windows computers which +can be decompressed on Unix computers with the unzip command. + +The marvosym fount is available from CTAN; this url retrieves the marvosym +fount from my nearest CTAN site (November 1998): + +ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/psfonts/marvosym.zip + + +CTAN SITES -- JANUARY 1999. +=========================== + +The three CTAN primary sites: + +ctan.tug.org (in Massachusetts, USA) +ftp.dante.de (in Deutschland) +ftp.tex.ac.uk (in England) + +this url can point you to your nearest CTAN site - there are many more +than the three above: + +http://www.ucc.ie/cgi-bin/ctan + + |