ISO 8859

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3 total messages Started by Richard Lee Mon, 09 May 1988 22:37

#930

Author: Richard Lee
Date: Mon, 09 May 1988 22:37

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Can someone tell me exactly what is defined by ISO standard 8859?
Thanks.


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Re: ISO 8859

#931

Author: Glenn P. Wright
Date: Tue, 10 May 1988 19:22

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In article <3801@zodiac.UUCP>, rlee@deimos.ads.com (Richard Lee) writes:
> Can someone tell me exactly what is defined by ISO standard 8859?
> Thanks.

This is the ISO standard for single byte 8-bit encodement of graphical
character shapes. 
There are 6 (currently) subsets to this standard, the most popular
being IS-8859/1 which defines most characters required to support W.European
languages. One key feature of 8859 is that it includes 7-bit US ASCII 
representation in the bottom half of each and every subset of the standard. 

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Re: ISO 8859

#934

Author: Fridrik Skulason
Date: Sat, 14 May 1988 19:50

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In article <52702@sun.uucp> glennw%noddy@Sun.COM (Glenn P. Wright) writes:
> One key feature of 8859 is that it includes 7-bit US ASCII 
>representation in the bottom half of each and every subset of the standard. 
>

Not every subset - at least one has the international currency sign instead
of the dollar sign at position 24.

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