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A rounded E crossed by two horizontal strokes, marking the euro.
Also known as: Euro symbol, EUR sign
The euro sign marks the currency of the eurozone. It was introduced with the currency in the 1990s, its design based on the Greek epsilon with two bars for stability.
Marks an amount in euro, the currency of the eurozone.
Contexts: Software
Was introduced alongside the currency in the 1990s, with its form explained as a Greek epsilon — a reference to Europe — crossed by two parallel lines said to convey stability.
1990s onward · Contexts: Software
Was designed with a stated rationale: an epsilon for the Greek root of Europe, crossed by two parallel bars for stability. The design was selected by the European Commission in 1996 from a shortlist, and the Commission published construction geometry for it — an unusually specific brief for a currency sign.
Is placed differently in different member states, and both are correct. English and Irish practice writes the sign before the amount; most other euro-area countries write it after, usually with a space. A price written the other way round is a local convention rather than an error.
Euro area · Contexts: Software
Related forms that are not treated as separate canonical symbols — see our variant rules.
Single-bar rendering
Some typefaces draw the crossbars as one thickened stroke or merge them into the bowl of the letter. The two-bar form is the Commission's specification and the one-bar rendering is a type designer's licence.
A rounded C or E shape crossed by two short horizontal strokes.