A composition factors matrix C F is studied for any basic Hom-computable K-coalgebra C over an arbitrary field K, in connection with a Cartan matrix C F of C. Left Euler K-coalgebras C are defined. They are studied by means of an Euler integral bilinear form b C :the Euler characteristic χ C (M, N ) of Euler pairs of C-comodules M and N , and an Euler defect ∂ C : K 0 (C) × K 0 (C) → Z of C. It is shown that b C (lgth M, lgth N) = χ C (M, N ) + ∂ C (M, N ), for all M, N in C-comod, and ∂ C = 0, if all simple C-comodules are of finite injective dimension. A diagrammatic characterisation of representationdirected hereditary Hom-computable coalgebras is given.