iso8859-15(5) File Formats Manual iso8859-15(5)
NAME
ISO8859-15, iso8859-15 - A character encoding system (codeset) for Albanian, Basque, Breton, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian,
Faroese, Finnish, French, Frisian, Galician, German, Greenlandic, Icelandic, Irish Gaelic, Italian, Latin, Luxemburgish, Norwegian, Por-
tuguese, Rhaeto-Romanic, Scottish Gaelic, and Swedish
DESCRIPTION
ISO 8859-15 (Latin-9) is very similar to ISO 8859-1 (Latin-1) except for the inclusion of the euro currency sign (C=) and several other
characters. Latin-9 is supported mainly as a means to supply fonts for Latin-1 languages that need to display and print the euro charac-
ter. Font support for the euro character is enabled through the fonts supplied for ISO 8859-15 and a set of codeset converters that convert
data to ISO8859-15 from other encoding formats (such as UTF-8 and some PC code pages) that also support the euro. Keyboard entry of the
euro character is supported by keymaps in XKB format when used with the Latin-9 (.ISO8859-15) or Unicode (.UTF-8) locales.
Refer to euro(5)for information about the euro character, Unicode(5) for information about the UCS-2, UCS-4, and UTF-8 encoding formats,
and code_page(5) for information about PC code pages. The iconv_intro(5) reference page provides an introduction to codeset converters.
Note
The euro currency sign was not defined in Unicode codesets before Version 2.1 of the Unicode standard, so implementations of Unicode encod-
ing formats based on prior versions of the standard do not include the character.
The ISO 8859-15 Code Table
The left hand part of the ISO 8859-15 code table includes the same characters as defined in the ASCII codeset (refer to ascii(5)). The fol-
lowing characters occupy the right hand part of the ISO 8859-15 code table:
A0 NO-BREAK SPACE
A1 INVERTED EXCLAMATION
A2 CENT SIGN
A3 POUND SIGN
A4 EURO SIGN
A5 YEN SIGN
A6 CAPITAL LETTER S WITH CARON
A7 SECTION SIGN
A8 SMALL LETTER s WITH CARON
A9 COPYRIGHT SIGN
AA FEMININE ORDINAL INDICATOR
AB LEFT ANGLE QUOTATION MARK
AC NOT SIGN
AD SOFT HYPHEN
AE REGISTERED TRADEMARK SIGN
AF MACRON
B0 RING ABOVE, DEGREE SIGN
B1 PLUS-MINUS SIGN
B2 SUPERSCRIPT TWO
B3 SUPERSCRIPT THREE
B4 CAPITAL LETTER Z WITH CARON
B5 MICRO SIGN
B6 PILCROW SIGN
B7 MIDDLE DOT
B8 SMALL LETTER z WITH CARON
B9 SUPERSCRIPT ONE
BA MASCULINE ORDINAL INDICATOR
BB RIGHT ANGLE DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK
BC CAPITAL LIGATURE OE
BD SMALL LIGATURE oe
BE CAPITAL LETTER Y WITH DIAERESIS
BF INVERTED QUESTION MARK
C0 CAPITAL LETTER A WITH GRAVE ACCENT
C1 CPAITAL LETTER A WITH ACUTE ACCENT
C2 CAPITAL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT
C3 CAPTIAL LETTER A WITH TILDE
C4 CAPITAL LETTER A WITH DIAERSIS
C5 CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE
C6 CAPITAL DIPHTHONG A WITH E
C7 CAPTIAL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA
C8 CAPITAL LETTER E WITH GRAVE ACCENT
C9 CAPITAL LETTER E WITH ACUTE ACCENT
CA CAPITAL LETTER E WITH CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT
CB CAPITAL LETTER E WITH DIAERSIS
CC CAPITAL LETTER I WITH GRAVE ACCENT
CD CAPITAL LETTER I WITH ACUTE ACCENT
CE CAPITAL LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT
CF CAPITAL LETTER I WITH DIAERSIS
D0 CAPITAL LETTER ETH
D1 CAPITAL LETTER N WITH TILDE
D2 CAPITAL LETTER O WITH GRAVE ACCENT
D3 CAPITAL LETTER O WITH ACUTE ACCENT
D4 CAPITAL LETTER O WITH CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT
D5 CAPITAL LETTER O WITH TILDE
D6 CAPITAL LETTER O WITH DIAERSIS
D7 MULTIPLICATION SIGN
D8 CAPITAL LETTER O WITH OBLIQUE STROKE
D9 CAPITAL LETTER U WITH GRAVE ACCENT
DA CAPITAL LETTER U WITH ACUTE ACCENT
DB CAPITAL LETTER U WITH CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT
DC CAPITAL LETTER U WITH DIAERSIS
DD CAPITAL LETTER Y WITH ACUTE ACCENT
DE CAPITAL LETTER THORN
DF SMALL GERMAN LETTER SHARP s
E0 SMALL LETTER a WITH GRAVE ACCENT
E1 SMALL LETTER a WITH ACUTE ACCENT
E2 SMALL LETTER a WITH CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT
E3 SMALL LETTER a WITH TILDE
E4 SMALL LETTER a WITH DIAERSIS
E5 SMALL LETTER a WITH RING ABOVE
E6 SMALL DIPHTHONG a WITH e
E7 SMALL LETTER c WITH CEDILLA
E8 SMALL LETTER e WITH GRAVE ACCENT
E9 SMALL LETTER e WITH ACUTE ACCENT
EA SMALL LETTER e WITH CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT
EB SMALL LETTER e WITH DIAERSIS
EC SMALL LETTER i WITH GRAVE ACCENT
ED SMALL LETTER i WITH ACUTE ACCENT
EE SMALL LETTER i WITH CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT
EF SMALL LETTER i WITH DIAERSIS
F0 SMALL ICELANDIC LETTER ETH
F1 SMALL LETTER n WITH TILDE
F2 SMALL LETTER o WITH GRAVE ACCENT
F3 SMALL LETTER o WITH ACUTE ACCENT
F4 SMALL LETTER o WITH CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT
F5 SMALL LETTER o WITH TILDE
F6 SMALL LETTER o WITH DIAERSIS
F7 DIVISION SIGN
F8 SMALL LETTER o WITH OBLIQUE STROKE
F9 SMALL LETTER u WITH GRAVE ACCENT
FA SMALL LETTER u WITH ACUTE ACCENT
FB SMALL LETTER u WITH CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT
FC SMALL LETTER u WITH DIAERSIS
FD SMALL LETTER y WITH ACUTE ACCENT
FE SMALL LETTER THORN
FF SMALL LETTER y WITH DIAERSIS
Codeset Conversion
The following converter pairs are available for converting between ISO8859-15 and other encoding formats. For more information about the
other encoding format for which ISO8859-15 is the input or output, see the reference page specified in the list item. Refer to
iconv_intro(5) for information about using codeset converters. cp1252_ISO8859-15, ISO8859-15_cp1252
Converting from and to code page 1252: code_page(5) UCS-2_ISO8859-15, ISO8859-15_UCS-2
Converting from and to UCS-2: Unicode(5) UCS-4_ISO8859-15, ISO8859-15_UCS-4
Converting from and to UCS-4: Unicode(5) UTF-8_ISO8859-15, ISO8859-15_UTF-8
Converting from and to UTF-8: Unicode(5)
Font Support for ISO 8859-15
The operating system includes only bitmap fonts for the ISO8859-15 codeset. Although no PostScript fonts are included for this codeset, you
can set up a generic print filter to substitute in a print job the appropriate PostScript font glyphs available in fonts provided for other
codesets. Refer to i18n_printing(5) and wwpsof(8) for more information.
100dpi Bitmap Fonts
The following 100dpi bitmap fonts are available for the ISO8859-15 codeset. Unless the point size options are explicitly specified in
parentheses following the font name, you can assume the font is available in 8-, 10-, 12-, 14-, 18-, and 24-point sizes:
-adobe-courier-bold-o-normal--*-*-*-*-m-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-courier-bold-r-normal--*-*-*-*-m-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-courier-medium-o-nor-
mal--*-*-*-*-m-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--*-*-*-*-m-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-helvetica-bold-o-normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15
-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-helvetica-medium-o-normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-
normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-itc avant garde gothic-book-o-normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-itc avant garde gothic-book-r-
normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-itc avant garde gothic-demi-o-normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-itc avant garde gothic-demi-r-
normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-itc lubalin graph-book-o-normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-itc lubalin graph-book-r-nor-
mal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-itc lubalin graph-demi-o-normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-itc lubalin graph-demi-r-nor-
mal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-itc souvenir-demi-i-normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-itc souvenir-demi-r-nor-
mal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-itc souvenir-light-i-normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-itc souvenir-light-r-nor-
mal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-new century schoolbook-bold-i-normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-new century schoolbook-bold-r-nor-
mal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-new century schoolbook-medium-i-normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-new century schoolbook-medium-r-
normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-times-bold-i-normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-times-bold-r-normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15
-adobe-times-medium-i-normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-times-medium-r-normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-utopia-bold-i-nor-
mal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 (10,12,14,18,24) -adobe-utopia-bold-r-normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 (10,12,14,18,24) -adobe-utopia-regular-i-
normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 (10,12,14,18,24) -adobe-utopia-regular-r-normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 (10,12,14,18,24) -b&h-lucida-bold-i-
normal-sans-*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -b&h-lucida-bold-r-normal-sans-*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -b&h-lucida-medium-i-normal-
sans-*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -b&h-lucida-medium-r-normal-sans-*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -b&h-lucidabright-demibold-i-nor-
mal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -b&h-lucidabright-demibold-r-normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -b&h-lucidabright-medium-i-nor-
mal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -b&h-lucidabright-medium-r-normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -b&h-lucidatypewriter-bold-r-normal-
sans-*-*-*-*-m-*-iso8859-15 -b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-sans-*-*-*-*-m-*-iso8859-15 -bitstream-charter-medium-i-nor-
mal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -bitstream-charter-medium-r-normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -bitstream-terminal-medium-r-nor-
mal--*-*-*-*-c-*-iso8859-15 (14,18,28,36) -bitstream-terminal-bold-r-normal--*-*-*-*-c-*-iso8859-15 (14,18,28,36) -dec-terminal-bold-r-nor-
mal--*-*-*-*-c-*-iso8859-15 (10,20) -dec-terminal-medium-r-normal--*-*-*-*-c-*-iso8859-15 (10,20) -dec-vt330-bold-r-nor-
mal--*-*-*-*-c-*-iso8859-15 (14,28) -dec-vt330-medium-r-normal--*-*-*-*-c-*-iso8859-15 (14,28)
75dpi Bitmap Fonts
The following 75dpi bitmap fonts are available for the ISO8859-15 codeset. Unless the point size options are explicitly specified in
parentheses following the font name, you can assume the font is available in 8-, 10-, 12-, 14-, 18-, and 24-point sizes:
-adobe-courier-bold-o-normal--*-*-*-*-m-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-courier-bold-r-normal--*-*-*-*-m-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-courier-medium-o-nor-
mal--*-*-*-*-m-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--*-*-*-*-m-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-helvetica-bold-o-normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15
-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-helvetica-medium-o-normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-
normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-itc avant garde gothic-book-o-normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-itc avant garde gothic-book-r-
normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-itc avant garde gothic-demi-o-normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-itc avant garde gothic-demi-r-
normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-itc lubalin graph-book-o-normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-itc lubalin graph-book-r-nor-
mal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-itc lubalin graph-demi-o-normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-itc lubalin graph-demi-r-nor-
mal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-itc souvenir-demi-i-normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-itc souvenir-demi-r-nor-
mal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-itc souvenir-light-i-normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-itc souvenir-light-r-nor-
mal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-new century schoolbook-bold-i-normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-new century schoolbook-bold-r-nor-
mal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-new century schoolbook-medium-i-normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-new century schoolbook-medium-r-
normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-times-bold-i-normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-times-bold-r-normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15
-adobe-times-medium-i-normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-times-medium-r-normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -adobe-utopia-bold-i-nor-
mal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 (10,12,14,18,24) -adobe-utopia-bold-r-normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 (10,12,14,18,24) -adobe-utopia-regular-i-
normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 (10,12,14,18,24) -adobe-utopia-regular-r-normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 (10,12,14,18,24) -b&h-lucida-bold-i-
normal-sans-*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -b&h-lucida-bold-r-normal-sans-*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -b&h-lucida-medium-i-normal-
sans-*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -b&h-lucida-medium-r-normal-sans-*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -b&h-lucidabright-demibold-i-nor-
mal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -b&h-lucidabright-demibold-r-normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -b&h-lucidabright-medium-i-nor-
mal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -b&h-lucidabright-medium-r-normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -b&h-lucidatypewriter-bold-r-normal-
sans-*-*-*-*-m-*-iso8859-15 -b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-sans-*-*-*-*-m-*-iso8859-15 -bitstream-charter-medium-i-nor-
mal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -bitstream-charter-medium-r-normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 -bitstream-terminal-bold-r-nor-
mal--*-*-*-*-c-*-iso8859-15 (18,36) -bitstream-terminal-medium-r-normal--*-*-*-*-c-*-iso8859-15 (18,36) -dec-terminal-bold-r-nor-
mal--*-*-*-*-c-*-iso8859-15 (14,28) -dec-terminal-medium-r-normal--*-*-*-*-c-*-iso8859-15 (10,20)
Compose-Character Sequences
The following table specifies the character elements that produce another character when you use the compose-character input method with a
keyboard that supports the ISO 8859-15 character set. Refer to keyboard(5) for general information on the compose-character input method.
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Sequence Element Sequence Element Resulting Character
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plus plus numbersign
nonspacing acute space acute
a a at
a A at
A A at
parenleft parenleft bracketleft
less slash backslash
slash slash backslash
parenright parenright bracketright
nonspacing circumflex space circumflex
nonspacing grave space grave
parenleft minus braceleft
slash circumflex bar
parenright minus braceright
nonspacing tilde space tilde
space space nobreakspace
exclam exclam exclamdown
c bar cent
c slash cent
C bar cent
C slash cent
l equal sterling
l minus sterling
L equal sterling
L minus sterling
C equal EuroSign
y minus yen
y equal yen
Y minus yen
Y equal yen
s less Scaron
S less Scaron
bar bar brokenbar
0 s section
0 S section
o s section
o S section
O s section
O S section
exclam s section
exclam S section
c 0 copyright
C 0 copyright
c o copyright
C o copyright
c O copyright
C O copyright
underscore a ordfeminine
underscore A ordfeminine
less less guillemotleft
minus comma notsign
minus minus hyphen
0 r registered
0 R registered
o r registered
o R registered
O r registered
O R registered
circumflex minus macron
circumflex underscore macron
0 circumflex degree
asterisk space degree
nonspacing ring space degree
plus minus plusminus
2 circumflex twosuperior
3 circumflex threesuperior
slash u mu
slash U mu
p exclam paragraph
P exclam paragraph
period circumflex periodcentered
z less zcaron
Z less Zcaron
1 circumflex onesuperior
o underscore masculine
O underscore masculine
greater greater guillemotright
o e oe
O E OE
question question questiondown
a grave a-grave
A grave A-grave
a apostrophe a-acute
a acute a-acute
A apostrophe A-acute
A acute A-acute
a circumflex a-circumflex
A circumflex A-circumflex
a tilde a-tilde
A tilde A-tilde
a quotedbl a-diaeresis
a diaeresis a-diaeresis
A quotedbl A-diaeresis
A diaeresis A-diaeresis
a asterisk a-ring
a degree a-ring
A asterisk A-ring
A degree A-ring
a e ae
A E AE
c comma c-cedilla
C comma C-cedilla
e grave e-grave
E grave E-grave
e apostrophe e-acute
e acute e-acute
E apostrophe E-acute
E acute E-acute
e circumflex e-circumflex
E circumflex E-circumflex
e quotedbl e-diaeresis
e diaeresis e-diaeresis
E quotedbl E-diaeresis
E diaeresis E-diaeresis
i grave i-grave
I grave I-grave
i apostrophe i-acute
i acute i-acute
I apostrophe I-acute
I acute I-acute
i circumflex i-circumflex
I circumflex I-circumflex
i quotedbl i-diaeresis
i diaeresis i-diaeresis
I quotedbl I-diaeresis
I diaeresis I-diaeresis
d minus eth
D minus ETH
n tilde n-tilde
N tilde N-tilde
o grave o-grave
O grave O-grave
o apostrophe o-acute
o acute o-acute
O apostrophe O-acute
O acute O-acute
o circumflex o-circumflex
O circumflex O-circumflex
o tilde o-tilde
O tilde O-tilde
o quotedbl o-diaeresis
o diaeresis o-diaeresis
O quotedbl O-diaeresis
O diaeresis O-diaeresis
x x multiply
x X multiply
X X multiply
O slash O-oblique
u grave u-grave
U grave U-grave
u apostrophe u-acute
u acute u-acute
U apostrophe U-acute
U acute U-acute
u circumflex u-circumflex
U circumflex U-circumflex
u quotedbl u-diaeresis
u diaeresis u-diaeresis
U quotedbl U-diaeresis
U diaeresis U-diaeresis
y apostrophe y-acute
y acute y-acute
Y apostrophe Y-acute
Y acute Y-acute
y quotedbl y-diaeresis
y diaeresis y-diaeresis
Y quotedbl Y-diaeresis
Y diaeresis Y-diaeresis
t h thorn
T H THORN
s s s-sharp
colon minus division
o slash o-slash
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SEE ALSO
Commands: locale(1)
Others: ascii(5), code_page(5), euro(5), i18n_intro(5), i18n_printing(5), iconv_intro(5), iso2022(5), l10n_intro(5), Unicode(5)
iso8859-15(5)