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+<head>
+<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label euro</title>
+</head><body>
+<h3>Typesetting the Euro sign</h3>
+<p/>The European currency &ldquo;Euro&rdquo; is represented by a symbol of somewhat
+dubious design, but it&rsquo;s an important currency and (La)TeX users
+need to typeset it.
+<p/>Note that the Commission of the European Community at first deemed
+that the Euro symbol should always be set in a sans-serif font;
+fortunately, this eccentric ruling has now been rescinded, and one may
+apply best typesetting efforts to making it appear at least slightly
+&ldquo;respectable&rdquo; (typographically).
+<p/>The TS1-encoded TC fonts provided as part of the EC font
+distribution provide Euro glyphs. The fonts are called Text Companion
+(TC) fonts, and offer the same range
+of faces as do the EC fonts themselves. The
+<i>textcomp</i> package provides a <code>\</code><code>texteuro</code> command for
+accessing the symbol, which selects a symbol to match the surrounding
+text. The design of the symbol in the TC fonts is not
+universally loved...
+Nevertheless, use the TC font version of the symbol if you are
+producing documents using Knuth&rsquo;s Computer Modern Fonts.
+<p/>The <i>latin9</i> input encoding defined by the <i>inputenc</i>
+package has a euro character defined (character position 164, occupied
+in other ISO Latin character sets by the &ldquo;currency symbol&rdquo;).
+The encoding uses the command <code>\</code><code>texteuro</code> for the character; at
+present that command is <em>only</em> available from the
+<i>textcomp</i> package. There is a Microsoft code page position,
+too, but standardisation of such things proceeds via rather different
+routes and the LaTeX project hasn&rsquo;t yet been given details of the
+change.
+<p/>Outline fonts which contain nothing but Euro symbols are available
+(free) from
+<a href="ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/type/win/all/eurofont.exe">Adobe</a> &mdash;
+the file is packaged as a <i>Windows</i> self-extracting
+executable, but it may be decoded as a <code>.zip</code> format archive
+on other operating systems.
+The <i>euro</i> bundle contains metrics, <i>dvips</i> map
+files, and macros (for Plain TeX and LaTeX), for using these
+fonts in documents. LaTeX users will find two packages in the
+bundle: <i>eurosans</i> only offers the sans-serif version (to
+conform with the obsolete ruling about sans-serif-only symbols; the
+package provides the
+command <code>\</code><code>euro</code>), whereas <i>europs</i> matches the Euro symbol
+with the surrounding text (providing the command <code>\</code><code>EUR</code>). To use
+either package
+with the <i>latin9</i> encoding, you need to define <code>\</code><code>texteuro</code>
+as an alias for the euro command the package defines.
+<p/>The Adobe fonts are probably the best bet for use in non-Computer
+Modern environments. They are apparently designed to fit with Adobe
+Times, Helvetica and Courier, but can probably fit with a wider range
+of modern fonts.
+<p/>The <i>eurofont</i> package provides a compendious analysis of the
+&ldquo;problem of the euro symbol&rdquo; in its documentation, and offers macros
+for configuring the source of the glyphs to be used; however, it seems
+rather large for everyday use.
+<p/>The <i>euro-ce</i> bundle is a rather pleasing Metafont-only design
+providing Euro symbols in a number of shapes. The file
+<i>euro-ce.tex</i>, in the distribution, offers hints as to how a
+Plain TeX user might make use of the fonts.
+<p/>Euro symbols are found in several other places, which we list here for
+completeness.
+<p/>The <i>marvosym</i> fonts contain a Euro symbol among many other
+good things.
+
+
+
+
+
+<p/>Other Metafont-based bundles containing Euro symbols are to be found in
+<i>china2e</i> (whose primary aim is Chinese dates and suchlike
+matters) and the <i>eurosym</i> fonts.
+<dl>
+<dt><tt><i>china2e bundle</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/china2e.zip">macros/latex/contrib/china2e</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/china2e.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/china2e/">browse</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>EC fonts</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/ec.zip">fonts/ec</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/ec.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/ec/">browse</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>euro fonts</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/euro.zip">fonts/euro</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/euro.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/euro/">browse</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>euro-ce fonts</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/euro-ce.zip">fonts/euro-ce</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/euro-ce.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/euro-ce/">browse</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>eurofont.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/eurofont.zip">macros/latex/contrib/eurofont</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/eurofont.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/eurofont/">browse</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>eurosym fonts</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/eurosym.zip">fonts/eurosym</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/eurosym.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/eurosym/">browse</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>marvosym fonts</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/psfonts/marvosym.zip">fonts/psfonts/marvosym</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/psfonts/marvosym.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/psfonts/marvosym/">browse</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>textcomp.sty</i></tt><dd>Part of the LaTeX distribution.
+</dl>
+<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=euro">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=euro</a>
+</body>