WINDOWS-1252

'Windows-1252' is a character encoding of the Latin alphabet, used by default in the legacy components of Microsoft Windows in English and some other Western languages. It is one version within the group of Windows code pages. In LaTeX packages, it is referred to as ''ansinew''. The encoding is a superset of ISO 8859-1, but differs from the IANA's ISO-8859-1 by using displayable characters rather than control characters in the 0x80 to 0x9F range. It is known to Windows by the code page number 1252, and by the IANA-approved name "windows-1252". This code page also contains all the printable characters that are in ISO 8859-15 (though some are mapped to different code points).
The use of Unicode (often in UTF-8 form) is slowly replacing use of 8-bit "code pages" such as Windows-1252.
Many web browsers treat the MIME charset ISO-8859-1 as Windows-1252 (the extra control codes in ISO-8859-1 are forbidden in HTML anyway), and so codes from it are often seen in web pages that declare their encoding as ISO-8859-1. This is also true of e-mail programs. However, there can be difficulties from the use of such characters, particularly when the recipient is using a non-Windows system such as Linux or MacOS, which may have assigned no meaning or a different proprietary set of characters to this range.
The term "ANSI code page" is also used to refer to code pages used in Windows, like Windows-1252. Even though Windows-1252 is considered an ANSI code page in Microsoft Windows parlance, the code page has never been standardized by ANSI. The name has been taken from an early ANSI draft, that later, was modified and became ISO-8859-1. Thus, Windows-1252 is a non-standard code page and it's called an ANSI code page for historical reasons. Microsoft has stated that ''"The term ANSI as used to signify Windows code pages is a historical reference, but is nowadays a misnomer that continues to persist in the Windows community"''[1].
The following table shows Windows-1252, with changes from ISO-8859-1 highlighted with a different background colour, as well as a decimal conversion in ''italics''.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; border-collapse:collapse;"
! colspan=17 style="background-color:#FCB" | Windows-1252 (CP1252)
|-
!
! x0
! x1
! x2
! x3
! x4
! x5
! x6
! x7
! x8
! x9
! xA
! xB
! xC
! xD
! xE
! xF
|-
! 0x
| style="text-decoration:underline" title="Null" | NUL
'''0'''
| style="text-decoration:underline" title="Start of Heading" | SOH
'''1'''
| style="text-decoration:underline" title="Start of Text" | STX
'''2'''
| style="text-decoration:underline" title="End of Text" | ETX
'''3'''
| style="text-decoration:underline" title="End of Transmission" | EOT
'''4'''
| style="text-decoration:underline" title="Enquiry" | ENQ
'''5'''
| style="text-decoration:underline" title="Acknowledge" | ACK
'''6'''
| style="text-decoration:underline" title="Bell" | BEL
'''7'''
| style="text-decoration:underline" title="Backspace" | BS
'''8'''
| style="text-decoration:underline" title="Horizontal Tab" | TAB
'''9'''
| style="text-decoration:underline" title="Line Feed" | LF
'''10'''
| style="text-decoration:underline" title="Vertical Tab" | VT
'''11'''
| style="text-decoration:underline" title="Form feed" | FF
'''12'''
| style="text-decoration:underline" title="Carriage return" | CR
'''13'''
| style="text-decoration:underline" title="Shift Out" | SO
'''14'''
| style="text-decoration:underline" title="Shift In" | SI
'''15'''
|-
! 1x
| style="text-decoration:underline" title="Data Link Escape" | DLE
'''16'''
| style="text-decoration:underline" title="Device Control 1" | DC1
'''17'''
| style="text-decoration:underline" title="Device Control 2" | DC2
'''18'''
| style="text-decoration:underline" title="Device Control 3" | DC3
'''19'''
| style="text-decoration:underline" title="Device Control 4" | DC4
'''20'''
| style="text-decoration:underline" title="Negative Acknowledge" | NAK
'''21'''
| style="text-decoration:underline" title="Synchronous Idle" | SYN
'''22'''
| style="text-decoration:underline" title="End of Transmission Block" | ETB
'''23'''
| style="text-decoration:underline" title="Cancel" | CAN
'''24'''
| style="text-decoration:underline" title="End of Medium" | EM
'''25'''
| style="text-decoration:underline" title="Substitute" | SUB
'''26'''
| style="text-decoration:underline" title="Escape" | ESC
'''27'''
| style="text-decoration:underline" title="File Separator" | FS
'''28'''
| style="text-decoration:underline" title="Group Separator" | GS
'''29'''
| style="text-decoration:underline" title="Record Separator" | RS
'''30'''
| style="text-decoration:underline" title="Unit Separator" | US
'''31'''
|-
! 2x
| style="text-decoration:underline" title="Space Character" | SP
'''32'''
| !
'''33'''
| "
'''34'''
| #
'''35'''
| $
'''36'''
| %
'''37'''
| &
'''38'''
| '
'''39'''
| (
'''40'''
| )
'''41'''
|
★
'''42'''
| +
'''43'''
| ,
'''44'''
| -
'''45'''
| .
'''46'''
| /
'''47'''
|-
! 3x
| 0
'''48'''
| 1
'''49'''
| 2
'''50'''
| 3
'''51'''
| 4
'''52'''
| 5
'''53'''
| 6
'''54'''
| 7
'''55'''
| 8
'''56'''
| 9
'''57'''
| :
'''58'''
| ;
'''59'''
| <
'''60'''
| =
'''61'''
| >
'''62'''
| ?
'''63'''
|-
! 4x
| @
'''64'''
| A
'''65'''
| B
'''66'''
| C
'''67'''
| D
'''68'''
| E
'''69'''
| F
'''70'''
| G
'''71'''
| H
'''72'''
| I
'''73'''
| J
'''74'''
| K
'''75'''
| L
'''76'''
| M
'''77'''
| N
'''78'''
| O
'''79'''
|-
! 5x
| P
'''80'''
| Q
'''81'''
| R
'''82'''
| S
'''83'''
| T
'''84'''
| U
'''85'''
| V
'''86'''
| W
'''87'''
| X
'''88'''
| Y
'''89'''
| Z
'''90'''
| [
'''91'''
|
'''92'''
| ]
'''93'''
| ^
'''94'''
| _
'''95'''
|-
! 6x
| `
'''96'''
| a
'''97'''
| b
'''98'''
| c
'''99'''
| d
'''100'''
| e
'''101'''
| f
'''102'''
| g
'''103'''
| h
'''104'''
| i
'''105'''
| j
'''106'''
| k
'''107'''
| l
'''108'''
| m
'''109'''
| n
'''110'''
| o
'''111'''
|-
! 7x
| p
'''112'''
| q
'''113'''
| r
'''114'''
| s
'''115'''
| t
'''116'''
| u
'''117'''
| v
'''118'''
| w
'''119'''
| x
'''120'''
| y
'''121'''
| z
'''122'''
| {
'''123'''
| |
'''124'''
| }
'''125'''
| ~
'''126'''
| style="text-decoration:underline" title="Delete" | DEL
'''127'''
|- style="background-color:#FF7"
! style="background-color:#FFF;" | 8x
| €
'''128'''
| style="background-color:#CFC" |  
'''129'''
| ‚
'''130'''
| ƒ
'''131'''
| „
'''132'''
| …
'''133'''
| †
'''134'''
| ‡
'''135'''
| ˆ
'''136'''
| ‰
'''137'''
| Š
'''138'''
| ‹
'''139'''
| Œ
'''140'''
| style="background-color:#CFC" |  
'''141'''
| Ž
'''142'''
| style="background-color:#CFC" |  
'''143'''
|- style="background-color:#FF7"
! style="background-color:#FFF;" | 9x
| style="background-color:#CFC" |  
'''144'''
| ‘
'''145'''
| ’
'''146'''
| “
'''147'''
| ”
'''148'''
| •
'''149'''
| –
'''150'''
| —
'''151'''
| ˜
'''152'''
| ™
'''153'''
| š
'''154'''
| ›
'''155'''
| œ
'''156'''
| style="background-color:#CFC" |  
'''157'''
| ž
'''158'''
| Ÿ
'''159'''
|-
! Ax
| style="text-decoration:underline" title="Non-Breaking Space" | NBSP
'''160'''
| ¡
'''161'''
| ¢
'''162'''
| £
'''163'''
| ¤
'''164'''
| ¥
'''165'''
| ¦
'''166'''
| §
'''167'''
| ¨
'''168'''
| ©
'''169'''
| ª
'''170'''
| «
'''171'''
| ¬
'''172'''
| style="text-decoration: underline" | SHY
'''173'''
| ®
'''174'''
| ¯
'''175'''
|-
! Bx
| °
'''176'''
| ±
'''177'''
| ²
'''178'''
| ³
'''179'''
| ´
'''180'''
| µ
'''181'''
| ¶
'''182'''
| ·
'''183'''
| ¸
'''184'''
| ¹
'''185'''
| º
'''186'''
| »
'''187'''
| ¼
'''188'''
| ½
'''189'''
| ¾
'''190'''
| ¿
'''191'''
|-
! Cx
| À
'''192'''
| Á
'''193'''
| Â
'''194'''
| Ã
'''195'''
| Ä
'''196'''
| Å
'''197'''
| Æ
'''198'''
| Ç
'''199'''
| È
'''200'''
| É
'''201'''
| Ê
'''202'''
| Ë
'''203'''
| Ì
'''204'''
| Í
'''205'''
| Î
'''206'''
| Ï
'''207'''
|-
! Dx
| Ð
'''208'''
| Ñ
'''209'''
| Ò
'''210'''
| Ó
'''211'''
| Ô
'''212'''
| Õ
'''213'''
| Ö
'''214'''
| ×
'''215'''
| Ø
'''216'''
| Ù
'''217'''
| Ú
'''218'''
| Û
'''219'''
| Ü
'''220'''
| Ý
'''221'''
| Þ
'''222'''
| ß
'''223'''
|-
! Ex
| à
'''224'''
| á
'''225'''
| â
'''226'''
| ã
'''227'''
| ä
'''228'''
| å
'''229'''
| æ
'''230'''
| ç
'''231'''
| è
'''232'''
| é
'''233'''
| ê
'''234'''
| ë
'''235'''
| ì
'''236'''
| í
'''237'''
| î
'''238'''
| ï
'''239'''
|-
! Fx
| ð
'''240'''
| ñ
'''241'''
| ò
'''242'''
| ó
'''243'''
| ô
'''244'''
| õ
'''245'''
| ö
'''246'''
| ÷
'''247'''
| ø
'''248'''
| ù
'''249'''
| ú
'''250'''
| û
'''251'''
| ü
'''252'''
| ý
'''253'''
| þ
'''254'''
| ÿ
'''255'''
|}
According to the information on Microsoft's and the Unicode Consortium's websites, positions 81, 8D, 8F, 90, and 9D are unused. However the Windows API call for converting from code pages to Unicode maps these to the corresponding C1 control codes. The euro character at position 80 was not present in earlier versions of this code page, nor were the S and Z with caron (háček).
In English Windows, the characters from Windows-1252 can be inserted by holding down the Alt key and entering a zero followed by the character's three-digit decimal code on the numpad. (By omitting the zero one can also enter characters from the older code page 437 in this way.)

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See also

External links

See also

★ Windows code page

★ Western Latin character sets (computing)

External links

★ Windows 1252 reference chart

★ IANA Charset Name Registration

★ Unicode mapping table for Windows 1252

★ Unicode mappings of windows 1252 with "best fit"