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<h4 class="subsection">12.8.6 <code>@euro</code> (&euro;): Euro Currency Symbol</h4>

Use the <code>@euro{}</code> command to generate &lsquo;&euro;&rsquo;. Where
possible, this is the symbol for the Euro currency. Otherwise, the
word &lsquo;<samp>Euro</samp>&rsquo; is used.

Texinfo cannot magically synthesize support for the Euro symbol where
the underlying system (fonts, software, whatever) does not support it.
Therefore, you may find it preferable to use the word &ldquo;Euro&rdquo;. (In
banking contexts, the abbreviation for the Euro is EUR.)



In order to get the Euro symbol in encoded Info output, for example,
it is necessary to specify <code>@documentencoding ISO-8859-15</code> or
<code>@documentencoding UTF-8</code> (See <a href="_0040documentencoding.html"><code>@documentencoding</code></a>.)
The Euro symbol is in ISO 8859-15 (aka Latin&nbsp;9), and is
not in the more widely-used ISO 8859-1 (Latin&nbsp;1).



The Euro symbol does not exist in the standard TeX fonts (which
were designed before the Euro was legislated into existence).
Therefore, TeX uses an additional font, named <code>feymr10</code> (along
with other variables). It is freely available, of course; you can
download it from <a href="http://ctan.org/pkg/eurosym">http://ctan.org/pkg/eurosym</a>, among other
places. The distribution includes installation instructions.

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