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Character Encoding: Windows 1252

Technical information about character encoding standard Windows 1252

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Technical information about character encoding Windows 1252 is available below.

Name

General

Windows 1252

Detailed

Windows 1252 (Western European)

Alias

CP-1252

MIME / IANA

windows-1252

Type

1 byte

Classification

Extended ASCII
Windows-125x

Languages
Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Dutch, English, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, and others
Usage

less than 0.1%

The Windows-1252, also known as CP-1252, is a character encoding standard developed by Microsoft. It was designed to cover Western European languages. It employs an 8-bit encoding scheme, which can represent up to 256 characters. The first 128 characters are identical to those in the ASCII standard.

Code page layout

The table below presents the characters supported by the Windows 1252 encoding standard, along with their respective codes.

0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
A
B
C
D
E
F
0x
␀
␁
␂
␃
␄
␅
␆
␇
␈
␉
␊
␋
␌
␍
␎
␏
1x
␐
␑
␒
␓
␔
␕
␖
␗
␘
␙
␚
␛
␜
␝
␞
␟
2x
␠
!
"
#
$
%
&
'
(
)
*
+
,
-
.
/
3x
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
:
;
<
=
>
?
4x
@
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
5x
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
[
\
]
^
_
6x
`
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
7x
p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
x
y
z
{
|
}
~
␡
8x
€
‚
ƒ
„
…
†
‡
ˆ
‰
Š
‹
Œ
Ž
9x
‘
’
“
”
•
–
—
˜
™
š
›
œ
ž
Ÿ
Ax
¡
¢
£
¤
¥
¦
§
¨
©
ª
«
¬
­
®
¯
Bx
°
±
²
³
´
µ
·
¸
¹
º
»
¼
½
¾
¿
Cx
À
Á
Â
Ã
Ä
Å
Æ
Ç
È
É
Ê
Ë
Ì
Í
Î
Ï
Dx
Ð
Ñ
Ò
Ó
Ô
Õ
Ö
×
Ø
Ù
Ú
Û
Ü
Ý
Þ
ß
Ex
à
á
â
ã
ä
å
æ
ç
è
é
ê
ë
ì
í
î
ï
Fx
ð
ñ
ò
ó
ô
õ
ö
÷
ø
ù
ú
û
ü
ý
þ
ÿ

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