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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’s Computer Modern Fonts. -<p/>The each of the <i>latin9</i> and <i>latin10</i> input encoding -definitions for the <i>inputenc</i> package has a euro character -defined (character position 164, occupied in other ISO Latin -character sets by the “currency symbol” ¤, which -ordinary people seldom see except in character-set listings…). -The TC encoding file offers the command <code>\</code><code>texteuro</code> for the -character; that command is (probably) <em>only</em> available from the -<i>textcomp</i> package. -<p/>Use of the TC encoding character may therefore made via -<code>\</code><code>texteuro</code> or via the Latin-9 or Latin-10 character in ordinary -text. -<p/>Note that there is a Microsoft code page position (128), too, and that has -been added to <i>inputenc</i> tables for CP1252 and -CP1257. (There’s another position in CP858, which has -it in place of “dotless i” in CP850; the standardisation of -these things remains within Microsoft, so one can never tell what will -come next…) -<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> — -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 -“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 -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="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/china2e.zip">macros/latex/contrib/china2e</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/china2e/">browse the directory</a>) -<dt><tt><i>EC fonts</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/ec.zip">fonts/ec</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/ec/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/ec.html">catalogue entry</a> -<dt><tt><i>euro fonts</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/euro.zip">fonts/euro</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/euro/">browse the directory</a>) -<dt><tt><i>euro-ce fonts</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/euro-ce.zip">fonts/euro-ce</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/euro-ce/">browse the directory</a>) -<dt><tt><i>eurofont.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/eurofont.zip">macros/latex/contrib/eurofont</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/eurofont/">browse the directory</a>) -<dt><tt><i>eurosym fonts</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/eurosym.zip">fonts/eurosym</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/eurosym/">browse the directory</a>) -<dt><tt><i>marvosym fonts</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/psfonts/marvosym.zip">fonts/psfonts/marvosym</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/psfonts/marvosym/">browse the directory</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> |