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.

Modern applications prefer Unicode UTF-8 or UTF-16 to Windows-1255.

Character set

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

  Letter   Number   Punctuation   Symbol   Other   Undefined

Windows-1255

	_0	_1	_2	_3	_4	_5	_6	_7	_8	_9	_A	_B	_C	_D	_E	_F
0_	Template:Chset-color-ctrl|NUL 0000 0	Template:Chset-color-ctrl|SOH 0001 1	Template:Chset-color-ctrl|STX 0002 2	Template:Chset-color-ctrl|ETX 0003 3	Template:Chset-color-ctrl|EOT 0004 4	Template:Chset-color-ctrl|ENQ 0005 5	Template:Chset-color-ctrl|ACK 0006 6	Template:Chset-color-ctrl|BEL 0007 7	Template:Chset-color-ctrl|BS 0008 8	Template:Chset-color-ctrl|HT 0009 9	Template:Chset-color-ctrl|LF 000A 10	Template:Chset-color-ctrl|VT 000B 11	Template:Chset-color-ctrl|FF 000C 12	Template:Chset-color-ctrl|CR 000D 13	Template:Chset-color-ctrl|SO 000E 14	Template:Chset-color-ctrl|SI 000F 15
1_	Template:Chset-color-ctrl|DLE 0010 16	Template:Chset-color-ctrl|DC1 0011 17	Template:Chset-color-ctrl|DC2 0012 18	Template:Chset-color-ctrl|DC3 0013 19	Template:Chset-color-ctrl|DC4 0014 20	Template:Chset-color-ctrl|NAK 0015 21	Template:Chset-color-ctrl|SYN 0016 22	Template:Chset-color-ctrl|ETB 0017 23	Template:Chset-color-ctrl|CAN 0018 24	Template:Chset-color-ctrl|EM 0019 25	Template:Chset-color-ctrl|SUB 001A 26	Template:Chset-color-ctrl|ESC 001B 27	Template:Chset-color-ctrl|FS 001C 28	Template:Chset-color-ctrl|GS 001D 29	Template:Chset-color-ctrl|RS 001E 30	Template:Chset-color-ctrl|US 001F 31
2_	Template:Chset-color-misc|SP 0020 32	Template:Chset-color-punct|! 0021 33	Template:Chset-color-punct|" 0022 34	Template:Chset-color-punct|# 0023 35	Template:Chset-color-graph|$ 0024 36	Template:Chset-color-punct|% 0025 37	Template:Chset-color-punct|& 0026 38	Template:Chset-color-punct|' 0027 39	Template:Chset-color-punct|( 0028 40	Template:Chset-color-punct|) 0029 41	Template:Chset-color-punct|* 002A 42	Template:Chset-color-graph|+ 002B 43	Template:Chset-color-punct|, 002C 44	Template:Chset-color-punct|- 002D 45	Template:Chset-color-punct|. 002E 46	Template:Chset-color-punct|/ 002F 47
3_	Template:Chset-color-digit|0 0030 48	Template:Chset-color-digit|1 0031 49	Template:Chset-color-digit|2 0032 50	Template:Chset-color-digit|3 0033 51	Template:Chset-color-digit|4 0034 52	Template:Chset-color-digit|5 0035 53	Template:Chset-color-digit|6 0036 54	Template:Chset-color-digit|7 0037 55	Template:Chset-color-digit|8 0038 56	Template:Chset-color-digit|9 0039 57	Template:Chset-color-punct|: 003A 58	Template:Chset-color-punct|; 003B 59	Template:Chset-color-graph|< 003C 60	Template:Chset-color-graph|= 003D 61	Template:Chset-color-graph|> 003E 62	Template:Chset-color-punct|? 003F 63
4_	Template:Chset-color-punct|@ 0040 64	Template:Chset-color-alpha|A 0041 65	Template:Chset-color-alpha|B 0042 66	Template:Chset-color-alpha|C 0043 67	Template:Chset-color-alpha|D 0044 68	Template:Chset-color-alpha|E 0045 69	Template:Chset-color-alpha|F 0046 70	Template:Chset-color-alpha|G 0047 71	Template:Chset-color-alpha|H 0048 72	Template:Chset-color-alpha|I 0049 73	Template:Chset-color-alpha|J 004A 74	Template:Chset-color-alpha|K 004B 75	Template:Chset-color-alpha|L 004C 76	Template:Chset-color-alpha|M 004D 77	Template:Chset-color-alpha|N 004E 78	Template:Chset-color-alpha|O 004F 79
5_	Template:Chset-color-alpha|P 0050 80	Template:Chset-color-alpha|Q 0051 81	Template:Chset-color-alpha|R 0052 82	Template:Chset-color-alpha|S 0053 83	Template:Chset-color-alpha|T 0054 84	Template:Chset-color-alpha|U 0055 85	Template:Chset-color-alpha|V 0056 86	Template:Chset-color-alpha|W 0057 87	Template:Chset-color-alpha|X 0058 88	Template:Chset-color-alpha|Y 0059 89	Template:Chset-color-alpha|Z 005A 90	Template:Chset-color-punct|[ 005B 91	Template:Chset-color-punct|\ 005C 92	Template:Chset-color-punct|] 005D 93	Template:Chset-color-graph|^ 005E 94	Template:Chset-color-punct|_ 005F 95
6_	Template:Chset-color-graph|` 0060 96	Template:Chset-color-alpha|a 0061 97	Template:Chset-color-alpha|b 0062 98	Template:Chset-color-alpha|c 0063 99	Template:Chset-color-alpha|d 0064 100	Template:Chset-color-alpha|e 0065 101	Template:Chset-color-alpha|f 0066 102	Template:Chset-color-alpha|g 0067 103	Template:Chset-color-alpha|h 0068 104	Template:Chset-color-alpha|i 0069 105	Template:Chset-color-alpha|j 006A 106	Template:Chset-color-alpha|k 006B 107	Template:Chset-color-alpha|l 006C 108	Template:Chset-color-alpha|m 006D 109	Template:Chset-color-alpha|n 006E 110	Template:Chset-color-alpha|o 006F 111
7_	Template:Chset-color-alpha|p 0070 112	Template:Chset-color-alpha|q 0071 113	Template:Chset-color-alpha|r 0072 114	Template:Chset-color-alpha|s 0073 115	Template:Chset-color-alpha|t 0074 116	Template:Chset-color-alpha|u 0075 117	Template:Chset-color-alpha|v 0076 118	Template:Chset-color-alpha|w 0077 119	Template:Chset-color-alpha|x 0078 120	Template:Chset-color-alpha|y 0079 121	Template:Chset-color-alpha|z 007A 122	Template:Chset-color-punct|{ 007B 123	Template:Chset-color-graph|| 007C 124	Template:Chset-color-punct|} 007D 125	Template:Chset-color-graph|~ 007E 126	Template:Chset-color-ctrl|DEL 007F 127
8_	Template:Chset-color-graph|€ 20AC 128	Template:Chset-color-undef|   129	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|‚ 201A 130	Template:Chset-color-letter|ƒ 0192 131	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|„ 201E 132	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|… 2026 133	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|† 2020 134	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|‡ 2021 135	Template:Chset-color-letter|ˆ 02C6 136	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|‰ 2030 137	Template:Chset-color-undef|   138	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|‹ 2039 139	Template:Chset-color-undef|   140	Template:Chset-color-undef|   141	Template:Chset-color-undef|   142	Template:Chset-color-undef|   143
9_	Template:Chset-color-undef|   144	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|‘ 2018 145	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|’ 2019 146	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|“ 201C 147	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|” 201D 148	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|• 2022 149	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|– 2013 150	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|— 2014 151	Template:Chset-color-graph|˜ 02DC 152	Template:Chset-color-graph|™ 2122 153	Template:Chset-color-undef|   154	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|› 203A 155	Template:Chset-color-undef|   156	Template:Chset-color-undef|   157	Template:Chset-color-undef|   158	Template:Chset-color-undef|   159
A_	Template:Chset-color-misc|NBSP 00A0 160	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|¡ 00A1 161	Template:Chset-color-graph|¢ 00A2 162	Template:Chset-color-graph|£ 00A3 163	Template:Chset-color-graph|₪ 20AA 164	Template:Chset-color-graph|¥ 00A5 165	Template:Chset-color-graph|¦ 00A6 166	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|§ 00A7 167	Template:Chset-color-graph|¨ 00A8 168	Template:Chset-color-graph|© 00A9 169	Template:Chset-color-graph|× 00D7 170	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|« 00AB 171	Template:Chset-color-graph|¬ 00AC 172	Template:Chset-color-ctrl|SHY 00AD 173	Template:Chset-color-graph|® 00AE 174	Template:Chset-color-graph|¯ 00AF 175
B_	Template:Chset-color-graph|° 00B0 176	Template:Chset-color-graph|± 00B1 177	Template:Chset-color-digit|² 00B2 178	Template:Chset-color-digit|³ 00B3 179	Template:Chset-color-graph|´ 00B4 180	Template:Chset-color-letter|µ 00B5 181	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|¶ 00B6 182	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|· 00B7 183	Template:Chset-color-graph|¸ 00B8 184	Template:Chset-color-digit|¹ 00B9 185	Template:Chset-color-graph|÷ 00F7 186	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|» 00BB 187	Template:Chset-color-digit|¼ 00BC 188	Template:Chset-color-digit|½ 00BD 189	Template:Chset-color-digit|¾ 00BE 190	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|¿ 00BF 191
C_	Template:Chset-color-misc|ְ 05B0 192	Template:Chset-color-misc|ֱ 05B1 193	Template:Chset-color-misc|ֲ 05B2 194	Template:Chset-color-misc|ֳ 05B3 195	Template:Chset-color-misc|ִ 05B4 196	Template:Chset-color-misc|ֵ 05B5 197	Template:Chset-color-misc|ֶ 05B6 198	Template:Chset-color-misc|ַ 05B7 199	Template:Chset-color-misc|ָ 05B8 200	Template:Chset-color-misc| ֹ 05B9 201	Template:Chset-color-misc| ֺ 05BA 202	Template:Chset-color-misc|ֻ 05BB 203	Template:Chset-color-misc|ּ 05BC 204	Template:Chset-color-misc|ֽ 05BD 205	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|־ 05BE 206	Template:Chset-color-misc|ֿ 05BF 207
D_	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|׀ 05C0 208	Template:Chset-color-misc|ׁ 05C1 209	Template:Chset-color-misc|ׂ 05C2 210	Template:Chset-color-ext-punct|׃ 05C3 211	Template:Chset-color-letter|װ 05F0 212	Template:Chset-color-letter|ױ 05F1 213	Template:Chset-color-letter|ײ 05F2 214	Template:Chset-color-punct|׳ 05F3 215	Template:Chset-color-punct|״ 05F4 216	Template:Chset-color-undef|   217	Template:Chset-color-undef|   218	Template:Chset-color-undef|   219	Template:Chset-color-undef|   220	Template:Chset-color-undef|   221	Template:Chset-color-undef|   222	Template:Chset-color-undef|   223
E_	Template:Chset-color-letter|א 05D0 224	Template:Chset-color-letter|ב 05D1 225	Template:Chset-color-letter|ג 05D2 226	Template:Chset-color-letter|ד 05D3 227	Template:Chset-color-letter|ה 05D4 228	Template:Chset-color-letter|ו 05D5 229	Template:Chset-color-letter|ז 05D6 230	Template:Chset-color-letter|ח 05D7 231	Template:Chset-color-letter|ט 05D8 232	Template:Chset-color-letter|י 05D9 233	Template:Chset-color-letter|ך 05DA 234	Template:Chset-color-letter|כ 05DB 235	Template:Chset-color-letter|ל 05DC 236	Template:Chset-color-letter|ם 05DD 237	Template:Chset-color-letter|מ 05DE 238	Template:Chset-color-letter|ן 05DF 239
F_	Template:Chset-color-letter|נ 05E0 240	Template:Chset-color-letter|ס 05E1 241	Template:Chset-color-letter|ע 05E2 242	Template:Chset-color-letter|ף 05E3 243	Template:Chset-color-letter|פ 05E4 244	Template:Chset-color-letter|ץ 05E5 245	Template:Chset-color-letter|צ 05E6 246	Template:Chset-color-letter|ק 05E7 247	Template:Chset-color-letter|ר 05E8 248	Template:Chset-color-letter|ש 05E9 249	Template:Chset-color-letter|ת 05EA 250	Template:Chset-color-undef|   251	Template:Chset-color-undef|   252	Template:Chset-color-ctrl|LRM 200E 253	Template:Chset-color-ctrl|RLM 200F 254	Template:Chset-color-undef|   255
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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

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"