ISO 8859-1
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{{FormatInfo | {{FormatInfo | ||
|formattype=electronic | |formattype=electronic | ||
| − | |subcat=Character | + | |subcat=Character encoding |
| + | |subcat2=ISO 8859 | ||
| + | |released=1987 | ||
| + | |charset=ISO-8859-1 | ||
| + | |charsetaliases=iso-ir-100, ISO_8859-1, latin1, l1, IBM819, CP819, csISOLatin1 | ||
| + | |mibenum=4 | ||
| + | |codepage=819, 28591 | ||
| + | |cfstringencoding=513 | ||
| + | |nsstringencoding=5 | ||
| + | |wikidata={{wikidata|Q935289}} | ||
| + | |released=1987 | ||
}} | }} | ||
| − | ISO 8859-1, aka Latin-1, is the most widely used encoding of the [[ISO 8859]] family for | + | '''ISO 8859-1''', aka Latin-1, is the most widely used encoding of the [[ISO 8859]] family for text in English and other western European languages. [[Windows 1252]] encoding includes all the printing characters of ISO 8859-1 and includes additional printing characters by replacing some [[C1 controls|control characters of the C1 (128-159) range]] (and often web developers, e-mail software, and other people and programs that generate or transmit text, mistakenly identify Windows-1252-encoded documents as ISO-8859-1 in headers and parameters). |
| − | ISO 8859-1 was updated to [[ISO 8859-15]], called Latin-9, replacing some of the less used characters and adding the Euro (€) sign. However, those who have decided to update from Latin-1 have generally gone straight to Unicode, so Latin-9 has not become a widespread replacement. | + | ISO 8859-1 was updated to [[ISO 8859-15]], called Latin-9, replacing some of the less used characters and adding the Euro (€) sign. However, those who have decided to update from Latin-1 have generally gone straight to [[Unicode]], so Latin-9 has not become a widespread replacement. [[ISO 8859-9]] or Latin-5, designed for use with Turkish scripts, also differs from Latin-1 in only a few code points. |
| − | [http://www.kreativekorp.com/charset/encoding.php?file=iso-8859-1.kte Code table] | + | The Latin-1, Latin-9, and Windows 1252 encodings all incorporate the [[ASCII]] characters in the first 128 code points (0-127), including the [[C0 controls]]. |
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| + | == Links == | ||
| + | * [http://www.kreativekorp.com/charset/encoding.php?file=iso-8859-1.kte Code table] | ||
| + | * [[Wikipedia:ISO/IEC 8859-1|Wikipedia article]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:30, 25 May 2019
ISO 8859-1, aka Latin-1, is the most widely used encoding of the ISO 8859 family for text in English and other western European languages. Windows 1252 encoding includes all the printing characters of ISO 8859-1 and includes additional printing characters by replacing some control characters of the C1 (128-159) range (and often web developers, e-mail software, and other people and programs that generate or transmit text, mistakenly identify Windows-1252-encoded documents as ISO-8859-1 in headers and parameters).
ISO 8859-1 was updated to ISO 8859-15, called Latin-9, replacing some of the less used characters and adding the Euro (€) sign. However, those who have decided to update from Latin-1 have generally gone straight to Unicode, so Latin-9 has not become a widespread replacement. ISO 8859-9 or Latin-5, designed for use with Turkish scripts, also differs from Latin-1 in only a few code points.
The Latin-1, Latin-9, and Windows 1252 encodings all incorporate the ASCII characters in the first 128 code points (0-127), including the C0 controls.
