#LyX 1.4.1 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/ \lyxformat 245 \begin_document \begin_header \textclass article \begin_preamble \usepackage[eurosym]{eurofont} \end_preamble \language english \inputencoding latin9 \fontscheme default \graphics default \paperfontsize default \spacing single \papersize default \use_geometry false \use_amsmath 0 \cite_engine basic \use_bibtopic false \paperorientation portrait \secnumdepth 3 \tocdepth 3 \paragraph_separation indent \defskip medskip \quotes_language english \papercolumns 1 \papersides 1 \paperpagestyle default \tracking_changes false \output_changes true \end_header \begin_body \begin_layout Title Currency symbols and LyX \end_layout \begin_layout Author by Adrien Rebollo \end_layout \begin_layout Standard To obtain the main currency symbols with LaTeX, we need to use special packages. Here we give a brief description of how to display and print the euro, cent, yen and general currency symbols. The dollar and the pound need no special trick, so we won't speak about them. \end_layout \begin_layout Section The euro symbol \end_layout \begin_layout Standard To print the euro symbol, you need to get the eurofont package, available at \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{/macros/latex/contrib/supported/eurofont} \end_inset in the CTAN. You'll need therefore to add to the LaTeX preamble of your LyX document the command : \family typewriter \backslash usepackage{eurofont} \family default . See the preamble of this document to figure out. Then you can always obtain the euro symbol in your printed document by typing \family typewriter \backslash euro{} \family default in TeX mode, like this : \begin_inset ERT status inlined \begin_layout Standard \backslash euro{} \end_layout \end_inset . \end_layout \begin_layout Standard The shape of the symbol in the printed version tends to be better when you install the eurosym package too. It is available at \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{/fonts/eurosym} \end_inset in the CTAN. Then you declare eurofont with the \family typewriter eurosym \family default option, like this : \family typewriter \backslash usepackage[eurosym]{eurofont} \family default . \end_layout \begin_layout Standard As a next step, we'll configure LyX to display a WYSIWYM euro symbol. First you have to select latin9 screen fonts, as the euro is not in the common latin1 encoding. In the \family sans Edit\SpecialChar \menuseparator Preferences \family default popup, enter \family typewriter iso8859-15 \begin_inset Foot status collapsed \begin_layout Standard latin9 is the common name for the \family typewriter iso8859-15 \family default encoding, and latin1 for \family typewriter iso8859-1 \family default . \end_layout \end_inset \family default in the \family sans Screen\InsetSpace ~ fonts\SpecialChar \menuseparator Encoding \family default field, and of course you'll have to choose fonts that are available on your system in this encoding. \end_layout \begin_layout Standard You should properly configure your X server if you want the euro symbol directly on your keyboard. You can also try the keymap files in LyX : \family typewriter european.kmap \family default and \family typewriter francais.kmap \family default should normally support the euro symbol at its usual place. Select your keymap in the \family sans Language\SpecialChar \menuseparator Keymap \family default fields. \end_layout \begin_layout Standard The last step is to tell LyX that the encoding of your document is latin9. You do this in the \family sans Format\SpecialChar \menuseparator Document \family default popup. It requires your LaTeX distribution to have the appropriate \family typewriter latin9.def \family default file for the \family typewriter inputenc \family default package. It is in the recent LaTeX distributions, and is available at \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{/macros/latex/unpacked} \end_inset in the CTAN. \end_layout \begin_layout Standard If you see an euro symbol here : ¤, and not some horrible glyph, that's OK. Now try to view the DVI file. If LaTeX doesn't complain and the printed version seems fine, you're done. \end_layout \begin_layout Section Other currency symbols \end_layout \begin_layout Standard All the symbols we present here are not available with LaTeX natively. But including the eurofont package gives access to all of them. \end_layout \begin_layout Description The\InsetSpace ~ cent\InsetSpace ~ symbol If your keyboard allows the direct display of the cent symbol ¢, great, if not you'll have to type \family typewriter \backslash textcent{} \family default in TeX mode, like this : \begin_inset ERT status inlined \begin_layout Standard \backslash textcent{} \end_layout \end_inset . \end_layout \begin_layout Description The\InsetSpace ~ yen\InsetSpace ~ symbol Same story as above, typing \family typewriter \backslash yen{} \family default , like this : \begin_inset ERT status inlined \begin_layout Standard \backslash textyen{} \end_layout \end_inset , or directly ¥. \end_layout \begin_layout Description The\InsetSpace ~ general\InsetSpace ~ currency\InsetSpace ~ symbol It is a horrible mix of cross and circle. You cannot obtain it on screen together with the euro symbol, because it is corresponding in latin1 to the euro in latin9. You have just to type \family typewriter \backslash textcurrency{} \family default in TeX mode : \begin_inset ERT status inlined \begin_layout Standard \backslash textcurrency{} \end_layout \end_inset . If your screen fonts are latin1, you'll see it here : ¤. If they are latin9, you'll have a euro symbol instead. \end_layout \begin_layout Description The\InsetSpace ~ vertical\InsetSpace ~ broken\InsetSpace ~ bar Of course it is not a currency symbol, but it is one that you can't obtain with plain LaTeX, but provided when you include eurofont. You type \family typewriter \backslash textbrokenbar{} \family default in TeX mode : \begin_inset ERT status inlined \begin_layout Standard \backslash textbrokenbar{} \end_layout \end_inset . You'll have it on your keyboard if your X configuration is real good, and it will only display with latin1 screen fonts : ¦ . (With latin9 it is an s with a caron.) \end_layout \end_body \end_document