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 – most of 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 and except for DF, which is undefined in Windows-1255 but 'double low line' in ISO 8859-8), but Windows-1255 adds vowel-points and other signs in lower positions.

IBM uses code page 1255 (CCSID 1255, euro sign extended CCSID 5351, and the further extended CCSID 9447) for Windows-1255.[1][2][3][4]

Modern applications prefer Unicode to Windows-1255, especially on the Internet;[5] meaning UTF-8, the dominant encoding for web pages (or UTF-16, while not on the Internet for security reasons). Windows-1255 is used by less that 0.1% of websites.[6]

Character set

The following table shows Windows-1255. Each character is shown with its Unicode equivalent.

Windows-1255[7][8][9][10][11][12][13]

	_0	_1	_2	_3	_4	_5	_6	_7	_8	_9	_A	_B	_C	_D	_E	_F
0_ 0	NUL 0000	SOH 0001	STX 0002	ETX 0003	EOT 0004	ENQ 0005	ACK 0006	BEL 0007	BS 0008	HT 0009	LF 000A	VT 000B	FF 000C	CR 000D	SO 000E	SI 000F
1_ 16	DLE 0010	DC1 0011	DC2 0012	DC3 0013	DC4 0014	NAK 0015	SYN 0016	ETB 0017	CAN 0018	EM 0019	SUB 001A	ESC 001B	FS 001C	GS 001D	RS 001E	US 001F
2_ 32	SP 0020	! 0021	" 0022	# 0023	$ 0024	% 0025	& 0026	' 0027	( 0028	) 0029	* 002A	+ 002B	, 002C	- 002D	. 002E	/ 002F
3_ 48	0 0030	1 0031	2 0032	3 0033	4 0034	5 0035	6 0036	7 0037	8 0038	9 0039	: 003A	; 003B	< 003C	= 003D	> 003E	? 003F
4_ 64	@ 0040	A 0041	B 0042	C 0043	D 0044	E 0045	F 0046	G 0047	H 0048	I 0049	J 004A	K 004B	L 004C	M 004D	N 004E	O 004F
5_ 80	P 0050	Q 0051	R 0052	S 0053	T 0054	U 0055	V 0056	W 0057	X 0058	Y 0059	Z 005A	[ 005B	\ 005C	] 005D	^ 005E	_ 005F
6_ 96	` 0060	a 0061	b 0062	c 0063	d 0064	e 0065	f 0066	g 0067	h 0068	i 0069	j 006A	k 006B	l 006C	m 006D	n 006E	o 006F
7_ 112	p 0070	q 0071	r 0072	s 0073	t 0074	u 0075	v 0076	w 0077	x 0078	y 0079	z 007A	{ 007B	| 007C	} 007D	~ 007E	DEL 007F
8_ 128	€ 20AC		‚ 201A	ƒ 0192	„ 201E	… 2026	† 2020	‡ 2021	ˆ 02C6	‰ 2030		‹ 2039
9_ 144		‘ 2018	’ 2019	“ 201C	” 201D	• 2022	– 2013	— 2014	˜ 02DC	™ 2122		› 203A
A_ 160	NBSP 00A0	¡ 00A1	¢ 00A2	£ 00A3	₪ 20AA	¥ 00A5	¦ 00A6	§ 00A7	¨ 00A8	© 00A9	× 00D7	« 00AB	¬ 00AC	SHY 00AD	® 00AE	¯ 00AF
B_ 176	° 00B0	± 00B1	² 00B2	³ 00B3	´ 00B4	µ 00B5	¶ 00B6	· 00B7	¸ 00B8	¹ 00B9	÷ 00F7	» 00BB	¼ 00BC	½ 00BD	¾ 00BE	¿ 00BF
C_ 192	ְ 05B0	ֱ 05B1	ֲ 05B2	ֳ 05B3	ִ 05B4	ֵ 05B5	ֶ 05B6	ַ 05B7	ָ 05B8	ֹ 05B9	ֺ 05BA	ֻ 05BB	ּ 05BC	ֽ 05BD	־ 05BE	ֿ 05BF
D_ 208	׀ 05C0	ׁ 05C1	ׂ 05C2	׃ 05C3	װ 05F0	ױ 05F1	ײ 05F2	׳ 05F3	״ 05F4
E_ 224	א 05D0	ב 05D1	ג 05D2	ד 05D3	ה 05D4	ו 05D5	ז 05D6	ח 05D7	ט 05D8	י 05D9	ך 05DA	כ 05DB	ל 05DC	ם 05DD	מ 05DE	ן 05DF
F_ 240	נ 05E0	ס 05E1	ע 05E2	ף 05E3	פ 05E4	ץ 05E5	צ 05E6	ק 05E7	ר 05E8	ש 05E9	ת 05EA			LRM 200E	RLM 200F

  Letter   Number   Punctuation   Symbol   Other   Undefined   Differences from ISO 8859-8

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

References

1. "Code page 1255 information document". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
2. "CCSID 1255 information document". Archived from the original on 2016-03-27.
3. "CCSID 5351 information document". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29.
4. "CCSID 9447 information document". Archived from the original on 2016-03-26.
5. John, Nicholas A. (2013). "The Construction of the Multilingual Internet: Unicode, Hebrew, and Globalization". Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. 18 (3): 321–338. doi:10.1111/jcc4.12015. ISSN 1083-6101. Background: the problem of Hebrew and the Internet
6. "Usage Statistics of Windows-1255 for Websites, January 2019". w3techs.com. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
7. Unicode mapping table for Windows 1255
8. Unicode mappings of windows 1255 with "best fit"
9. Code Page CPGID 01255 (pdf) (PDF), IBM
10. Code Page CPGID 01255 (txt), IBM
11. International Components for Unicode (ICU), ibm-1255_P100-1995.ucm, 2002-12-03
12. International Components for Unicode (ICU), ibm-1251_P100-1995.ucm, 2002-12-03
13. International Components for Unicode (ICU), ibm-5351_P100-1998.ucm, 2002-12-03

External links

• IANA Charset Name Registration of windows-1255