Looking to type the Euro symbol (€) on a Mac to refer to the currency? Find out here how to type the Euro symbol on your Mac keyboard (and how to find the right key combination for your keyboard layout in the first place).
First, Thick, Plump and Weighty
What would you call a coin that has put on much-welcome weight? Fat, of course.
So did the good people of France, Tyrol, Bohemia, Rhineland and many places more in the 13th century. They minted weighty silver denarii and called them “fat”—“grosses”.
Today, people remember descendants of those fat coins (“Groschen”) mostly as the smallest denomination—replaced, for the most part, by the Euro and its cents. Speaking of which, just how would one speak of the Euro in typing?
How to Type the Euro Symbol ( € ) on a Mac Keyboard
Time needed: 1 minute
To type the Euro sign (€) using a keyboard shortcut on a Mac:
- Position the text cursor where you want to insert the Euro symbol.
Here’s where: In English, the Euro sign typically precedes the number; other languages do have other conventions, however, and having the symbol follow the numbers is not generally wrong.
Whitespace: If one follows the EU institutions’ style guide, the Euro symbol come directly before the amount. whitespace may make both more easily legible and easier to parse, though; use non-breaking space or non-breaking narrow space when you separate the Euro sign and numbers.
Non-English: In languages other than English, the Euro symbol typically comes after the number and is separated by non-breaking whitespace.
Examples: The whole shebang set us back € 57.00. vs. I got this for €300 000 vs Mon beurre préféré coûte 4,99 €. - Press Option Shift 2.
Keyboard layouts: The key combination above works for inserting € using the macOS US-English keyboard layout; see below for other languages, and for finding the key for your local layout.
Find the Euro Key on Your Keyboard
To find out which key will enter the Euro sign with your Mac keyboard layout:
- Launch keyboard Viewer on the Mac:
- Hold the Option key.
- Look for the key labelled €.
No ‘€’: If holding Option does not reveal the Euro symbol, try holding down Option together with Shift, or Shift alone.
Euro Key Examples
Here are a few example key combinations for entering €:
| Keyboard Layout | Euro Sign € |
|---|---|
| French | Option $ |
| German | Option E |
| Polish | Option 3 |
| Portuguese | Option Shift 2 |
| Spanish | Option E |
Copy and Paste the Euro Symbol
You can, of course, also passte the Euro sign (€) after copying it below.
Euro sign € |
Enter the Euro Symbol with Mac Character Viewer or Emoji Panel
To insert the Euro sign with the Mac’s emoji panel or Character Viewer app:
- Position the text cursor where you want to insert €.
- Open Character Viewer or emoji panel.
Here’s how: Press 🌐︎ or Fn E or, as an alternative, select Edit | Emoji & Symbols from the menu. - Type
euroin the search field. - Double-click the € symbol to insert it.
How to Type the Euro Symbol ( € ) on a Mac Keyboard: FAQ
The font I am using has no Euro symbol; what can I do?
If the desired font lacks a glyph for the Euro sign, you can resort to one of two workarounds:
- Change the font just for the Euro sign.
Which font: Do pick a typeface of course, that fits the overall style of the surrounding text, e.g., Helvetica Neue for sans-serif Neo-grotesque, Palatino Linotype for a serif old-style font or Avenir for geometric humanism. - Type
EURin place of the Euro sign €.
Here’s why: You can also use all-lowercaseeuro, but the abbreviationEURhas become the de-facto standard for price information in absence (and often in lieu) of the Euro sign.
How do I enter the Euro sign in HTML source code?
Other than entering € directly, you can employ HTML character entities so you do not have to rely on character encoding:
€for the named entity and€for the Unicode code point.
(How to type the Euro symbol ( € ) on a Mac keyboard tested with macOS Sonoma 14.3; updated February 2024)