Directory macros/latex/contrib/eurofont
File readme.txt
Part of the eurofont package
Copyright 1998 Rowland McDonnell
email: rebecca@astrid.u-net.com
The eurofont package consists of the following files:
adobeuro
readme.txt
tfmfiles
zpeub.tfm
zpeubi.tfm
zpeubis.tfm
zpeubit.tfm
zpeubs.tfm
zpeubt.tfm
zpeur.tfm
zpeuri.tfm
zpeuris.tfm
zpeurit.tfm
zpeurs.tfm
zpeurt.tfm
eurofont.dtx
eurofont.ins
marvosym
readme.txt
source
fmvr8x.afm
mvrit.tex
tfmfiles
original
fmvr8x.tfm
fmvri8x.tfm
yandy
fmvr8x.tfm
fmvri8x.tfm
readme.txt
To install the package, do the following:
Run LaTeX on eurofont.ins
Put eurofont.sty, eurofont.cfg, and all the files ending in .fd into a
directory on your tex-inputs search path.
Run LaTeX on eurofont.dtx and print out the documentation.
Read at least the introductory sections of the documentation.
If you want to use Adobe's Eurofonts, put the files zpeub.tfm -
zpeurt.tfm (all the files in the adobeuro/tfm/ directory) into a directory
on your tex-fonts search path. The file dvidrive.txt has
information on how to configure your dvi driver to use Adobe's Eurofonts.
If you want to use the Marvosym fount, read the eurofont package
documentation. The file dvidrive.txt has information on how to configure
your dvi driver to use the marvosym fount.
Read the documentation so you can set up the package to meet your needs.
FONTS CONTAINING EURO SYMBOLS
=============================
Aside from the Text Companion founts which accompany the EC founts (the T1
encoded version of the standard Computer Modern founts), Metafont euro
symbols are included in two other founts that I know of, both available
from CTAN. The following urls retrieve the packages from my nearest CTAN
mirror:
ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/china2e.zip
ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/eurosym.zip
(other CTAN sites are listed at the end of this document)
There are PostScript Type 1 founts containing euro symbols: Adobe's
Eurofonts, a set of 12 founts providing seriffed, sanserif, and monospaced
euro symbols in medium upright, italic, bold, and bold italic version; and
the Marvosym fount, which has three euro symbols, very similar to the
medium upright seriffed, sanserif, and monospaced euro symbols from
Adobe.
Adobe's Eurofonts are available (September 1998) in a Mac version
from here:
ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/type/mac/all/eurofont.sea.hqx
ftp://ftp-pac.adobe.com/pub/adobe/type/mac/all/eurofont.sea.hqx
For Textures users on Macs, take the installer from CTAN:
systems/mac/textures/contrib/IdealFonts/EuroDefs.sit.hqx
systems/mac/textures/contrib/IdealFonts/README.IF
You should still download Adobe's Eurofonts separately.
And in a version suitable for MS-Windows PCs and Unix from here:
ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/type/win/all/eurofont.exe
ftp://ftp-pac.adobe.com/pub/adobe/type/win/all/eurofont.exe
these files are self-extracting archives on MS-Windows computers which
can be decompressed on Unix computers with the unzip command.
The marvosym fount is available from CTAN; this url retrieves the marvosym
fount from my nearest CTAN site (November 1998):
ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/psfonts/marvosym.zip
CTAN SITES -- JANUARY 1999.
===========================
The three CTAN primary sites:
ctan.tug.org (in Massachusetts, USA)
ftp.dante.de (in Deutschland)
ftp.tex.ac.uk (in England)
this url can point you to your nearest CTAN site - there are many more
than the three above:
http://www.ucc.ie/cgi-bin/ctan
Download the contents of this package in one zip archive (60.6k).
eurofont – Provides a command that prints a euro symbol
The particular symbol printed by \euro will in general change depending on the font family, weight, and shape in use at the time. This symbol can come from any source, and the package user has complete control over which euro symbol is used in any given situation. The package is pre-configured to behave sensibly with many common text fonts and available euro symbols. The \euro command can print ‘faked’ euro symbols from a C with two lines across it when no suitable real euro symbol is available; the package also includes code for printing fake bold euro symbols for use when no real bold symbol exists, as well as pre-configured support for a faked italic version of the marvosym font. Eurofont comes set up to use euro symbols from Adobe’s Eurofonts, the marvosym font, the Eurosym font, and any available Text Companion fonts. The selection between these can be done using options passed to the package. The eurofont package also ‘knows’ about the China2e font’s euro symbol, and can be configured to use it.
| Package | eurofont |
| Version | 1.1.3 |
| Licenses | Free license not otherwise listed |
| Copyright | 1998 Rowland McDonnell |
| Maintainer | Rowland McDonnell |
| Contained in | MiKTeX as eurofont |
| Topics | Font support |
| See also | marvosym eurosym |
