TeX and LaTeX font selection example 

http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/euro-ce/

In TeX:

\font\euro=eurorm scaled \magstephalf       % 11-point roman euro symbol
\def\EUR{{\euro E}}
\EUR 123.00

\font\ce=cerm                               % 10-point CE symbol
{\ce CE}

In LaTeX:

\newfont{\euroit}{euroit scaled \magstep1}  % 12-point italic euro symbol
\newcommand{\EUR}{{\euroit E}}
\EUR 123.00

\newfont{\ce}{cerm}                         % 10-point CE symbol
{\ce CE}

version 3.0 (6 March 2002)

documented on: 2008-06-21