Windows-1255

Windows-1255 is a codepage 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.

Codepage layout

Only the upper half (128–255) is shown, the lower half (0–127) being plain ASCII.

windows-1255
	_0	_1	_2	_3	_4	_5	_6	_7	_8	_9	_A	_B	_C	_D	_E	_F
8_	€ 20AC 128	129	‚ 201A 130	ƒ 0192 131	„ 201E 132	… 2026 133	† 2020 134	‡ 2021 135	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	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 block in Hebrew (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

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"