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ec

Provides enhanced Computer Modern fonts with comprehensive European language support and additional typographic symbols through T1 and TS1 encodings.

Overview

Represents a fundamental extension of Computer Modern fonts, specifically designed to support extensive multilingual typesetting needs in European languages. The package includes both the European Computer Modern (EC) fonts and Text Companion Symbol (TC) fonts, offering comprehensive character coverage.

  • Features complete T1 encoding support, essential for proper typesetting of European languages with special characters.
  • Includes the Text Companion fonts with practical symbols like currency marks, oldstyle digits, and various typographic symbols including the Euro symbol, permille, and copyright marks.
  • Serves as a stable, standardized font implementation widely used in international academic and professional documents.
  • Functions as the successor to the earlier DC fonts, offering improved consistency and broader symbol coverage.
  • Compatible with modern LaTeX installations and particularly valuable for documents requiring extensive European language support.

Getting Started

The ec fonts are automatically used when you select the T1 font encoding in your LaTeX document:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

For the Text Companion Symbol font (tc), use the TS1 encoding:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{textcomp}

Examples

Using EC fonts with T1 encoding for proper hyphenation and character support in European languages.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}  % This activates the EC fonts
\begin{document}
The EC fonts provide proper support for accented characters and special symbols in European languages.

For example, French text with accents: café, naïve, voilà.

German text with umlauts: Größe, schön, über.

Polish text: Zażółć gęślą jaźń.

Czech text: Příliš žluťoučký kůň úpěl ďábelské ódy.
\end{document}

Using the Text Companion Symbol font (TS1 encoding) for special symbols like the Euro sign.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}  % Activates EC fonts
\usepackage{textcomp}    % Activates TS1 encoding (Text Companion)
\begin{document}
The Text Companion font provides useful symbols for text typesetting:

\begin{itemize}
  \item Currency symbols: Euro (\texteuro), Cent (\textcent), Pound (\textsterling), Yen (\textyen)
  \item Special symbols: Copyright (\textcopyright), Registered trademark (\textregistered), Trademark (\texttrademark)
  \item Measurement symbols: Degree (\textdegree), Micro (\textmu), Ohm (\textohm)
  \item Fraction symbols: \textonequarter, \textonehalf, \textthreequarters
  \item Oldstyle digits: \oldstylenums{0123456789}
\end{itemize}
\end{document}