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+EURO CURRENCY SYMBOL and CE MARK --- version 3.0 (6 March 2002)
+(c) 1998-2002 Harold W. de Wijn --- No warranty whatsoever
+
+IN CASE YOU APPRECIATE THESE FILES, OR HAVE ANY COMMENTS, PLEASE SEND AN
+E-MAIL TO H.W.deWijn@phys.uu.nl
+
+ABOUT THE AUTHOR: www.phys.uu.nl/~dewijn
+
+
+
+(1) METAFONT source of the official euro currency symbol and scores of
+ variants, including italic, slanted, boldface, boldface italic
+ boldface slanted, condensed, and outline. Varying single parameters
+ for compression, thickness, and slanting allows the user to add new
+ variants.
+
+(2) METAFONT source of the CE mark and several variants.
+
+
+ *** FILES ***
+
+euro-ce.doc documentation (this file)
+euroof.mf METAFONT source of the official euro currency symbol
+eurorm.mf METAFONT source of the official euro currency symbol
+ and its condensed variants, both filled and in outline
+euroit.mf METAFONT source of the italic variants
+eurosl.mf METAFONT source of the slanted variants
+eurobf.mf METAFONT source of the boldface variants
+eurobfit.mf METAFONT source of the boldface italic variants
+eurobfsl.mf METAFONT source of the boldface slanted variants
+eurosp.mf Example of METAFONT source for specials
+euromac.mf driver file for generating euro symbols
+cerm.mf METAFONT source of the CE mark
+ceit.mf METAFONT source of the italic variant
+cesl.mf METAFONT source of the slanted variant
+cemac.mf driver file for generating CE marks
+euro-ce.tex test (to be run with plain TeX)
+
+The METAFONT source files should be run with plain METAFONT.
+
+Files should be renamed whenever they are modified!
+
+
+ *** CHARACTERS ***
+
+The euro symbol is provided in roman (eurorm.mf), italic (euroit.mf),
+slanted (eurosl.mf), boldface (eurobf.mf), boldface italic (eurobfit.mf),
+and boldface slanted (eurobfsl.mf) typefaces, each of which comprises the
+letters:
+
+ E,e official width
+ D,d demicondensed
+ F,f condensed
+ G,g double condensed
+ O,o one-pixel-outline, official width
+ N,n one-pixel-outline, demicondensed
+ P,p one-pixel-outline, condensed
+ Q,q one-pixel-outline, double condensed
+
+Upper-case letters refer to euro symbols having the height of the
+capital C of the corresponding Computer Modern roman font. Lower-case
+letters refer to euro symbols having the height of the Computer Modern
+roman numerals (which you may like better).
+
+The file euroof.mf only contains the official symbol. The file
+eurosp.mf provides a number of "strange" euro symbols.
+
+The CE mark is available in roman (cerm.mf), italic (ceit.mf), and
+slanted (cesl.mf) typefaces:
+
+ CE CE mark
+ ce CE mark, one-pixel-outline
+
+
+
+ *** NOTES ON PROGRAMMING ***
+
+The euro currency symbols are computed on the basis of the geometry
+published on the European Union's web site www.europa.eu.int/euro. The
+official symbol, which is of roman type and inspired by the Greek letter
+epsilon (rather than the capital C), is composed of a well-defined
+280-degree segment of a perfect circle and two cross bars. It features a
+uniform thickness, 1/12 of its outer diameter, and distinctive oblique
+ends.
+
+With regard to the condensed (i.e., horizontally compressed), italic, and
+slanted variants derived here from the official geometry, the following
+observations are of relevance:
+
+(i) Horizontal compression and slanting are straightforwardly implemented
+by the use of METAFONT's transformations. These transformations permit
+control of compression and slanting through single parameters;
+
+(ii) It is desirable that a uniform thickness be preserved. In case the
+official euro symbol has been drawn by filling its outline, however, this
+requirement precludes constructing its variants by transformations.
+Horizontal compression would narrow the upright strokes of the circle,
+while slanting would make the first and third quadrants thicker, and the
+second and fourth quadrants thinner;
+
+(iii) By contrast, METAFONT's pen nibs are invariant under METAFONT's
+transformations.
+
+The symbols are therefore drawn by (a) picking up a circular pen of a
+diameter equal to the chosen thickness, (b) drawing a full circle and
+oversized cross bars, and (c) erasing the excess according to the demands
+of the geometry. Horizontal scaling and slanting transformations, to the
+extent applicable, then provide the desired result.
+
+Horizontal compression, slanting, and thickness are controlled by the
+parameters C, S, and T, which are input to the generating macro
+"draw_euro" in the driver file "euromac.mf". Their default values
+correspond to the official symbol, i.e., C=1 (no compression), S=0 (no
+slanting), and T=1 (thickness is 1/12 of the outer diameter). Possible
+combinations are of course limited by the geometry.
+
+The width of the box is taken equal to the overall width of the
+compressed, but unslanted symbol at the given thickness, augmented with
+uniform cmr10-sized margins at either side. The italic corrections
+provided are designed to maintain the right margin.
+
+More technical details are commented on in the driver file "euromac.mf"
+itself. Running "eurosp.mf" in proof mode demonstrates the robustness of
+"draw_euro" against variations of C, S, and T from their default values.
+
+The above is of equal concern to the CE mark and, for that matter, any
+other fully or partly circular image.
+
+
+ *** EXAMPLES OF USAGE ***
+
+In TeX:
+
+\font\euro=eurorm scaled \magstephalf % 11-point roman euro symbol
+\def\EUR{{\euro E}}
+\EUR 123.00
+
+\font\ce=cerm % 10-point CE symbol
+{\ce CE}
+
+
+In LaTeX:
+
+\newfont{\euroit}{euroit scaled \magstep1} % 12-point italic euro symbol
+\newcommand{\EUR}{{\euroit E}}
+\EUR 123.00
+
+\newfont{\ce}{cerm} % 10-point CE symbol
+{\ce CE}
+
+
+ *** HISTORY ***
+
+v1.2 (2 June 1998) eurorm, euroit, eurosl, cerm, ceit, cesl.
+
+v1.3 (9 February 2001) Adding the eurobf; modification of euromac.mf to
+ accommodate boldface euro symbols; improved
+ handling of font dimensions; minor corrections.
+
+v1.3a (15 February 2002) Patch in euromac.mf to remove spurious speckles.
+
+v2.0 (3 March 2002) Adding demicondensed euro symbols (which seem
+ quite popular), eurobfit, and eurobfsl.
+
+v3.0 (6 March 2002) Completely revised package. Improved METAFONT
+ code. Improvements include better positioning
+ of euro symbol in box, better rendition at low
+ resolution, and adding eurosp.
+
+
+ *** END OF FILE ***
+