How to include the € symbol?

Question

In my *.cls class file I loaded

\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

(does the order of the two matter?)

and get the following error message: Command \texteuro unavailable in encoding T1.

HEre are some tips on typesetting the euro symbol: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/9866/latest-advice-on-the-euro-symbol (possible duplicate?) — Matthew Leingang, Apr 17 '13 at 16:27
thx! I was googling the error message (see my question) and it returned no entries on SX... I'll take a look at that € thread. — nutty about natty, Apr 17 '13 at 16:32
@nuttyaboutnatty Make sure to also use the site’s search function. A simple search for euro symbol would’ve sufficed. — doncherry, Apr 17 '13 at 17:06
@doncherry it's not where I searched but for what I searched: I was after the error message (which now, thx to this duplicate, will be found). — nutty about natty, Apr 17 '13 at 17:41

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 17 '13 at 16:23

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Some fonts do not have euro symbol. To allow TeX to construct a fake one for this case, just add the line

  \usepackage{textcomp}

or, in a .cls file

  \RequirePackage{textcomp}

answered Apr 17 '13 at 16:23

Boris

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