[Mac OS X TeX] Euros in TeX

[Ross Moore]

> 
> > This is reported to work fine in plain TeX:
> > 
> > \def\euro{\sf C\hspace{-1.6ex}\rule[2pt]{1.3ex}{.5pt}\hspace
> > {-1.3ex}\rule[4pt]{1.3ex}{.5pt}}
> > 
> > G
> > 
> 
> Hmm, are you sure this is plain TeX?

No; it isn't Plain at all.

It's Plain TeX \def syntax, but using macros defined elsewhere in LaTeX.
Even \rule is a LaTeX command, with 3 arguments (1 optional).

Anyhow, it would be *much* better defined (in LaTeX) as:

\DeclareRobustCommand{\euro}{{\textsf{C}\hspace{-1.6ex}%
 \rule[2pt]{1.3ex}{.5pt}\hspace{-1.3ex}\rule[4pt]{1.3ex}{.5pt}}}


Better still is to use a special font for the symbol.
Adobe has a free font that contains *only* the euro symbol,
in every character position. It's called EuroFont -- imaginatively! :)

Search on  http://ctan.tug.org/search/
and you should find at least two other TeX implementations of fonts
with the euro symbol, in various styles.


Hope this helps,

	Ross Moore

 
> What is \sf?
> 
> And \hspace?
> 
> 
> I apologize if these are silly questions...
> 
> ßlue
> 
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