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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-euro.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-euro.html index f841608a906..da29d36ca3c 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-euro.html +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-euro.html @@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ <title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label euro</title> </head><body> <h3>Typesetting the Euro sign</h3> -<p/>The European currency “Euro” is represented by a symbol of somewhat -dubious design, but it’s an important currency and (La)TeX users +<p/>The European currency “Euro” is represented by a symbol of somewhat +dubious design, but it’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deemed that the Euro symbol should always be set in a sans-serif font; fortunately, this eccentric ruling has now been rescinded, and one may apply best typesetting efforts to making it appear at least slightly -“respectable” (typographically). +“respectable” (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 @@ -17,21 +17,21 @@ 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… +universally loved… Nevertheless, use the TC font version of the symbol if you are -producing documents using Knuth’s Computer Modern Fonts. +producing documents using Knuth’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 “currency symbol”). +in other ISO Latin character sets by the “currency symbol”). 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’t yet been given details of the +routes and the LaTeX project hasn’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> — +<a href="ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/type/win/all/eurofont.exe">Adobe</a> — 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. @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ 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 -“problem of the euro symbol” in its documentation, and offers macros +“problem of the euro symbol” 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 |