John,
Microsoft has said on this list that the Euro is at location x88 in
1251.
All the other codepages are 0x80.
Unless something has changed...
tex
John Hudson wrote:
>
> At 10:55 AM 10-09-99 -0700, peter_constable@sil.org wrote:
>
> > >However, I cannot find information on where the Euro is
> > supposed to go in Cyrillic fonts. Slot 219 is generally in use
> > by other characters in Cyrillic. I have looked on your site,
> > Microsoft's Euro site and Apple's Euro site.
>
> > (I'm not sure why our friends at MS didn't answer this... )
>
> > You didn't indicate what font format or platform you're
> > targetting. If you're developing TrueType fonts for use on
> > Windows, then all you need to be concerned about is that the
> > euro glyph should be accessed in the cmap at x20AC. That's it.
> > If you're talking Type 1 and/or Mac, I think there's more
> > involved, and I can't help you there.
>
> > If you need to know where the euro is in cp1251, it's at x88
> > (d136).
>
> > (Why 219?)
>
> Apple's solution to the euro problem was to replace the generic currency
> symbol (decimal 219). Personally, I have trouble seeing this as anything
> but a short term solution.
>
> In all MS 8-bit codepages, including 1251, the euro character should be at
> decimal 128.
>
> Full Windows Type 1 euro support relies on an upgrade to Adobe Type Manager
> which will associate PSname /Euro/ with U+20AC. The same result can also be
> achieved by naming the character /uni20AC/. While we're waiting for the new
> ATM support, some font developers are including two euros in each font: one
> called /Euro/ in anticipation of future ATM support, the other called
> /uni20AC/ in anticipation of, er, current ATM support. Department of
> Redundancy Department.
>
> John Hudson, Type Director
>
> Tiro Typeworks
> Vancouver, BC
> www.tiro.com
> tiro@tiro.com
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