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

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
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