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ECMA-121

8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Latin/Hebrew alphabet

2nd edition, December 2000

This Ecma Standard defines a set of 153 graphic characters identified as Latin/Hebrew Alphabet, and specifies the coded representation of each of these characters by means of a single 8-bit byte. None of these characters are “non-spacing”.

The use of control functions, such as BACKSPACE or CARRIAGE RETURN for the coded representation of composite characters is prohibited by this Standard.

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Classification

CategoryData presentation

SubcategoryCharacter sets and coding

Technical CommitteeTC1 (this TC is no longer active)

ISO number8859-8

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  • ECMA-121, 1st edition, July 1987Download