Windows-1255
Windows-1255 is a code page used under Microsoft Windows to write Hebrew. It is an almost compatible superset of ISO 8859-8 — the symbols are in the same positions (except for A4, which is 'sheqel sign' in Windows-1255 but 'generic currency sign' in ISO 8859-8), but Windows-1255 adds vowel-points and other signs in lower positions.
Modern applications prefer Unicode UTF-8 or UTF-16 to Windows-1255.
Code page layout
The following table shows Windows-1255. Each character is shown with its Unicode equivalent and its decimal code.
Legend:
Alphabetic
Control character
Numeric digit
Punctuation
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Extended punctuation
Graphic character
International
Undefined
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_0 | _1 | _2 | _3 | _4 | _5 | _6 | _7 | _8 | _9 | _A | _B | _C | _D | _E | _F | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0_ |
NUL 0000 0 |
SOH 0001 1 |
STX 0002 2 |
ETX 0003 3 |
EOT 0004 4 |
ENQ 0005 5 |
ACK 0006 6 |
BEL 0007 7 |
BS 0008 8 |
HT 0009 9 |
LF 000A 10 |
VT 000B 11 |
FF 000C 12 |
CR 000D 13 |
SO 000E 14 |
SI 000F 15 |
1_ |
DLE 0010 16 |
DC1 0011 17 |
DC2 0012 18 |
DC3 0013 19 |
DC4 0014 20 |
NAK 0015 21 |
SYN 0016 22 |
ETB 0017 23 |
CAN 0018 24 |
EM 0019 25 |
SUB 001A 26 |
ESC 001B 27 |
FS 001C 28 |
GS 001D 29 |
RS 001E 30 |
US 001F 31 |
2_ |
SP 0020 32 |
! 0021 33 |
" 0022 34 |
# 0023 35 |
$ 0024 36 |
% 0025 37 |
& 0026 38 |
' 0027 39 |
( 0028 40 |
) 0029 41 |
* 002A 42 |
+ 002B 43 |
, 002C 44 |
- 002D 45 |
. 002E 46 |
/ 002F 47 |
3_ |
0 0030 48 |
1 0031 49 |
2 0032 50 |
3 0033 51 |
4 0034 52 |
5 0035 53 |
6 0036 54 |
7 0037 55 |
8 0038 56 |
9 0039 57 |
: 003A 58 |
; 003B 59 |
< 003C 60 |
= 003D 61 |
> 003E 62 |
? 003F 63 |
4_ |
@ 0040 64 |
A 0041 65 |
B 0042 66 |
C 0043 67 |
D 0044 68 |
E 0045 69 |
F 0046 70 |
G 0047 71 |
H 0048 72 |
I 0049 73 |
J 004A 74 |
K 004B 75 |
L 004C 76 |
M 004D 77 |
N 004E 78 |
O 004F 79 |
5_ |
P 0050 80 |
Q 0051 81 |
R 0052 82 |
S 0053 83 |
T 0054 84 |
U 0055 85 |
V 0056 86 |
W 0057 87 |
X 0058 88 |
Y 0059 89 |
Z 005A 90 |
[ 005B 91 |
\ 005C 92 |
] 005D 93 |
^ 005E 94 |
_ 005F 95 |
6_ |
` 0060 96 |
a 0061 97 |
b 0062 98 |
c 0063 99 |
d 0064 100 |
e 0065 101 |
f 0066 102 |
g 0067 103 |
h 0068 104 |
i 0069 105 |
j 006A 106 |
k 006B 107 |
l 006C 108 |
m 006D 109 |
n 006E 110 |
o 006F 111 |
7_ |
p 0070 112 |
q 0071 113 |
r 0072 114 |
s 0073 115 |
t 0074 116 |
u 0075 117 |
v 0076 118 |
w 0077 119 |
x 0078 120 |
y 0079 121 |
z 007A 122 |
{ 007B 123 |
| 007C 124 |
} 007D 125 |
~ 007E 126 |
DEL 007F 127 |
8_ |
€ 20AC 128 |
129 |
‚ 201A 130 |
ƒ 0192 131 |
„ 201E 132 |
… 2026 133 |
† 2020 134 |
‡ 2021 135 |
ˆ 02C6 136 |
‰ 2030 137 |
138 |
‹ 2039 139 |
140 |
141 |
142 |
143 |
9_ |
144 |
‘ 2018 145 |
’ 2019 146 |
“ 201C 147 |
” 201D 148 |
• 2022 149 |
– 2013 150 |
— 2014 151 |
˜ 02DC 152 |
™ 2122 153 |
154 |
› 203A 155 |
156 |
157 |
158 |
159 |
A_ |
NBSP 00A0 160 |
¡ 00A1 161 |
¢ 00A2 162 |
£ 00A3 163 |
₪ 20AA 164 |
¥ 00A5 165 |
¦ 00A6 166 |
§ 00A7 167 |
¨ 00A8 168 |
© 00A9 169 |
× 00D7 170 |
« 00AB 171 |
¬ 00AC 172 |
SHY 00AD 173 |
® 00AE 174 |
¯ 00AF 175 |
B_ |
° 00B0 176 |
± 00B1 177 |
² 00B2 178 |
³ 00B3 179 |
´ 00B4 180 |
µ 00B5 181 |
¶ 00B6 182 |
· 00B7 183 |
¸ 00B8 184 |
¹ 00B9 185 |
÷ 00F7 186 |
» 00BB 187 |
¼ 00BC 188 |
½ 00BD 189 |
¾ 00BE 190 |
¿ 00BF 191 |
C_ |
ְ 05B0 192 |
ֱ 05B1 193 |
ֲ 05B2 194 |
ֳ 05B3 195 |
ִ 05B4 196 |
ֵ 05B5 197 |
ֶ 05B6 198 |
ַ 05B7 199 |
ָ 05B8 200 |
ֹ 05B9 201 |
ֺ 05BA 202 |
ֻ 05BB 203 |
ּ 05BC 204 |
ֽ 05BD 205 |
־ 05BE 206 |
ֿ 05BF 207 |
D_ |
׀ 05C0 208 |
ׁ 05C1 209 |
ׂ 05C2 210 |
׃ 05C3 211 |
װ 05F0 212 |
ױ 05F1 213 |
ײ 05F2 214 |
׳ 05F3 215 |
״ 05F4 216 |
217 |
218 |
219 |
220 |
221 |
222 |
223 |
E_ |
א 05D0 224 |
ב 05D1 225 |
ג 05D2 226 |
ד 05D3 227 |
ה 05D4 228 |
ו 05D5 229 |
ז 05D6 230 |
ח 05D7 231 |
ט 05D8 232 |
י 05D9 233 |
ך 05DA 234 |
כ 05DB 235 |
ל 05DC 236 |
ם 05DD 237 |
מ 05DE 238 |
ן 05DF 239 |
F_ |
נ 05E0 240 |
ס 05E1 241 |
ע 05E2 242 |
ף 05E3 243 |
פ 05E4 244 |
ץ 05E5 245 |
צ 05E6 246 |
ק 05E7 247 |
ר 05E8 248 |
ש 05E9 249 |
ת 05EA 250 |
251 |
252 |
LRM 200E 253 |
RLM 200F 254 |
255 |
_0 | _1 | _2 | _3 | _4 | _5 | _6 | _7 | _8 | _9 | _A | _B | _C | _D | _E | _F |
Usage
Windows-1255 Hebrew is always in logical order (as opposed to visual). Microsoft Hebrew products (Windows, Office and Internet Explorer) brought logically-ordered Hebrew to common use, with the result that Windows-1255 is the Hebrew encoding that can be found most on the Web, having ousted the visually ordered ISO-8859-8, and preferred to the logically ordered ISO-8859-8-I because it provides for vowel-points.
Relation to Unicode
The Unicode Hebrew block (U+0590–U+05FF) follows Windows-1255 by encoding both letters and vowel-points in the same relative positions as Windows-1255. Unicode goes further in encoding cantillation marks in lower positions. Unicode Hebrew is always in logical order.
For modern applications UTF-8 or UTF-16 is a preferred encoding.
See also
- 7-bit Hebrew under ISO 646
- Code page 862
- ISO 8859-8
- LMBCS-3
External links
- Windows 1255 reference chart
- IANA Charset Name Registration of windows-1255
- Unicode mapping table for Windows 1255
- Unicode mappings of windows 1255 with "best fit"