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System 6 doesn't support the Euro currency character out of
the box, neither do system 7 and 8. Apple started giving support
for the Euro currency character around Mac OS 8.5. Of course this
doesn't mean that you are not able to display or print the Euro
currency character with older macintosh operating systems.
Displaying the Euro currency character
The only thing you have to do in order to be able to display Euro
currency characters with older Mac systems is the installation
of a recent TrueType or Postscript* font with support for the
Euro currency character. If you have a PowerMac running Mac OS
8.5 or later around you can copy a couple of TrueType fonts from
the font folder in your system folder to your system 6 Mac and
install them (read this
if you need to know how to install Truetype fonts). Other solutions
are the conversion of recent Windows TrueType fonts to Macintosh
TrueType Fonts using this utility.
There are also special Euro currency character fonts available,
like this
one available for download. It will allow you to insert the
Euro currency character using a seperate font.
Printing the Euro currency character
Printing to a inkjet printer like the StyleWriter I and II and
the HP Deskwriter 500-600 is no problem. Things get a bit more
troublesome with vintage laser printers with old PostScript fonts
in ROM that do not support the Euro Currency character. Even if
you install a compatible TrueType version of a font in your system
folder or in the RAM space of your laser printer, it will refuse
to print the Euro currency character unless you use a PowerMac
running Mac OS 8.5 or later. Printing a document with a font that
is not installed in ROM works fine.
The only setback is that these fonts have to be downloaded to
your laser printer before your document can be printed (this downloading
is a process that takes place automatically when printing). You
can avoid these downloads by attaching a hard disk with fonts
to your laser printer.
I expect that printing to a newer laser printer with Euro currency
character compatible fonts in ROM will work just fine.
*For the use of PostScript fonts Adobe Type Manager needs to be
installed