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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/eurofont/README.europs b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/eurofont/README.europs new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..f59e98140ac --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/eurofont/README.europs @@ -0,0 +1,156 @@ +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-Bielfeld.DE |