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 ***