iso8859-7(5) File Formats Manual iso8859-7(5)
NAME
iso8859-7, ISO8859-7 - A character encoding system (codeset) for Greek
DESCRIPTION
The left hand part of the ISO 8859-7 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 8859-7 code table:
A0 NO-BREAK SPACE
A1 LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK
A2 RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK
A3 POUND SIGN
A4 This position shall not be used
A5 This position shall not be used
A6 BROKEN BAR
A7 PARAGRAPH SIGN
A8 DIAERESIS (Dialytika)
A9 COPYRIGHT SIGN
AA This position shall not be used
AB LEFT ANGLE QUOTATION MARK
AC NOT SIGN
AD SOFT HYPHEN
AE This position shall not be used
AF HORIZONTAL BAR (Parenthetiki pavia)
B0 DEGREE SIGN
B1 PLUS-MINUS SIGN
B2 SUPERSCRIPT TWO
B3 SUPERSCRIPT THREE
B4 ACCENT (Thonos)
B5 DIAERESIS AND ACCENT (Dialytika and Tonos)
B6 CAPITAL GREEK LETTER ALPHA WITH ACCENT
B7 MIDDLE DOT (Ano Teleia)
B8 CAPITAL GREEK LETTER EPSILON WITH ACCENT
B9 CAPITAL GREEK LETTER ETA WITH ACCENT
BA CAPITAL GREEK LETTER IOTA WITH ACCENT
BB RIGHT ANGLE QUOTATION MARK
BC CAPITAL GREEK LETTER OMICRON WITH ACCENT
BD VULGAR FRACTION ONE HALF
BE CAPITAL GREEK LETTER UPSILON WITH ACCENT
BF CAPITAL GREEK LETTER OMEGA WITH ACCENT
C0 SMALL GREEK LETTER IOTA WITH DIAERESIS AND ACCENT
C1 CAPITAL GREEK LETTER ALPHA
C2 CAPITAL GREEK LETTER BETA
C3 CAPITAL GREEK LETTER GAMMA
C4 CAPITAL GREEK LETTER DELTA
C5 CAPITAL GREEK LETTER EPSILON
C6 CAPITAL GREEK LETTER ZETA
C7 CAPITAL GREEK LETTER ETA
C8 CAPITAL GREEK LETTER THETA
C9 CAPITAL GREEK LETTER IOTA
CA CAPITAL GREEK LETTER KAPPA
CB CAPITAL GREEK LETTER LAMDA
CC CAPITAL GREEK LETTER MU
CD CAPITAL GREEK LETTER NU
CE CAPITAL GREEK LETTER XI
CF CAPITAL GREEK LETTER OMICRON
D0 CAPITAL GREEK LETTER PI
D1 CAPITAL GREEK LETTER RHO
D2 This position shall not be used
D3 CAPITAL GREEK LETTER SIGMA
D4 CAPITAL GREEK LETTER TAU
D5 CAPITAL GREEK LETTER UPSILON
D6 CAPITAL GREEK LETTER PHI
D7 CAPITAL GREEK LETTER CHI
D8 CAPITAL GREEK LETTER PSI
D9 CAPITAL GREEK LETTER OMEGA
DA CAPITAL GREEK LETTER IOTA WITH DIAERESIS
DB CAPITAL GREEK LETTER UPSILON WITH DIAERESIS
DC CAPITAL GREEK LETTER ALPHA WITH ACCENT
DD CAPITAL GREEK LETTER EPSILON WITH ACCENT
DE SMALL GREEK LETTER ETA WITH ACCENT
DF SMALL GREEK LETTER IOTA WITH ACCENT
E0 SMALL GREEK LETTER UPSILON WITH DIAERESIS AND ACCENT
E1 SMALL GREEK LETTER ALPHA
E2 SMALL GREEK LETTER BETA
E3 SMALL GREEK LETTER GAMMA
E4 SMALL GREEK LETTER DELTA
E5 SMALL GREEK LETTER EPSILON
E6 SMALL GREEK LETTER ZETA
E7 SMALL GREEK LETTER ETA
E8 SMALL GREEK LETTER THETA
E9 SMALL GREEK LETTER IOTA
EA SMALL GREEK LETTER KAPPA
EB SMALL GREEK LETTER LAMDA
EC SMALL GREEK LETTER MU
ED SMALL GREEK LETTER NU
EE SMALL GREEK LETTER XI
EF SMALL GREEK LETTER OMICRON
F0 SMALL GREEK LETTER PI
F1 SMALL GREEK LETTER RHO
F2 SMALL GREEK LETTER TERMINAL SIGMA
F3 SMALL GREEK LETTER SIGMA
F4 SMALL GREEK LETTER TAU
F5 SMALL GREEK LETTER UPSILON
F6 SMALL GREEK LETTER PHI
F7 SMALL GREEK LETTER CHI
F8 SMALL GREEK LETTER PSI
F9 SMALL GREEK LETTER OMEGA
FA SMALL GREEK LETTER IOTA WITH DIAESERIS
FB SMALL GREEK LETTER UPSILON WITH DIAESERIS
FC SMALL GREEK LETTER OMICRON WITH ACCENT
FD SMALL GREEK LETTER UPSILON WITH ACCENT
FE SMALL GREEK LETTER OMEGA WITH ACCENT
FF This position shall not be used
Character Set Designation
The graphic characters of of ISO 8859-7 constitute a single coded character set. However, when this character set is implemented together
with other coding standards, such as ISO 2022 or ISO 4873, the code table of this part of ISO 8859-7 is considered to be the following com-
ponents: The character SPACE, represented by the bit combination 20(hex) A 94-character G0 graphic character set, represented by the bit
combinations 21 to 7E(hex) A 96-character G1 graphic character set, represented by the bit combinations A0 to FF(hex)
For information on the G0 and G1 character set designations, refer to iso2022(5).
When required by other coding standards, for example ISO 2022 or ISO 4873, the following pair of escape sequences are used to designate the
G0 and the G1 sets, respectively:
ESC 28 42 or ESC ( B ESC 2D 41 or ESC - F
According to ISO 2022, the character SPACE does not require designation.
Font Support for ISO 8859-7
For 75dpi and 100dpi (dot-per-inch) display devices, the operating system provides the following ISO 8859-7 DECwindows fonts: Arial font
family
-monotype-arial-bold-r-normal-*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-7 -monotype-arial-bold-i-normal-*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-7 -monotype-arial-regular-
i-normal-*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-7 -monotype-arial-regular-r-normal-*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-7 -monotype-arial-bold-r-nor-
mal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-7 -monotype-arial-bold-i-normal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-7 -monotype-arial-regular-i-nor-
mal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-7 -monotype-arial-regular-r-normal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-7 Courier font family
-monotype-courier-bold-r-normal-*-*-75-75-m-*-iso8859-7 -monotype-courier-bold-i-normal-*-*-75-75-m-*-iso8859-7 -monotype-courier-
regular-i-normal-*-*-75-75-m-*-iso8859-7 -monotype-courier-regular-r-normal-*-*-75-75-m-*-iso8859-7 -monotype-courier-bold-r-nor-
mal--*-*-100-100-m-*-iso8859-7 -monotype-courier-bold-i-normal--*-*-100-100-m-*-iso8859-7 -monotype-courier-regular-i-nor-
mal--*-*-100-100-m-*-iso8859-7 -monotype-courier-regular-r-normal--*-*-100-100-m-*-iso8859-7 Terminal font family
-dec-terminal-medium-r-normal-*-*-75-75-c-*-iso8859-7 -dec-terminal-bold-r-normal-*-*-75-75-c-*-iso8859-7 -dec-terminal-medium-r-
double wide-*-*-75-75-c-*-iso8859-7 -dec-terminal-bold-r-double wide-*-*-75-75-c-*-iso8859-7 -dec-terminal-medium-r-nar-
row-*-*-75-75-c-*-iso8859-7 -dec-terminal-bold-r-narrow-*-*-75-75-c-*-iso8859-7 -dec-terminal-medium-r-wide-*-*-75-75-c-*-iso8859-7
-dec-terminal-bold-r-wide-*-*-75-75-c-*-iso8859-7 -dec-terminal-medium-r-normal--*-*-100-100-c-*-iso8859-7 -dec-terminal-bold-r-nor-
mal--*-*-100-100-c-*-iso8859-7 -dec-terminal-medium-r-double wide--*-*-100-100-c-*-iso8859-7 -dec-terminal-bold-r-double
wide--*-*-100-100-c-*-iso8859-7 -dec-terminal-medium-r-narrow--*-*-100-100-c-*-iso8859-7 -dec-terminal-bold-r-nar-
row--*-*-100-100-c-*-iso8859-7 -dec-terminal-medium-r-wide--*-*-100-100-c-*-iso8859-7 -dec-terminal-bold-r-
wide--*-*-100-100-c-*-iso8859-7 Times New Roman font family
-monotype-times new roman-bold-r-normal-*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-7 -monotype-times new roman-bold-i-normal-*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-7
-monotype-times new roman-regular-i-normal-*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-7 -monotype-times new roman-regular-r-nor-
mal-*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-7 -monotype-times new roman-bold-r-normal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-7 -monotype-times new roman-bold-i-nor-
mal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-7 -monotype-times new roman-regular-i-normal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-7 -monotype-times new roman-regu-
lar-r-normal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-7
For PostScript printers, the operating system provides the following ISO 8859-7 fonts: Arial fonts
Arial-Bold-ISOLatinGreek Arial-BoldInclined-ISOLatinGreek Arial-Inclined-ISOLatinGreek Arial-ISOLatinGreek Courier fonts
Courier-Bold-ISOLatinGreek Courier-BoldInclined-ISOLatinGreek Courier-Inclined-ISOLatinGreek Courier-ISOLatinGreek Times New Roman
fonts
TimesNewRoman-Bold-ISOLatinGreek TimesNewRoman-BoldInclined-ISOLatinGreek TimesNewRoman-Inclined-ISOLatinGreek TimesNewRoman-ISOLat-
inGreek
For general information on printing non-English text, refer to i18n_printing(5).
SEE ALSO
Commands: locale(1)
Others: ascii(5), Greek(5), i18n_intro(5), i18n_printing(5), iconv_intro(5), iso2022(5), l10n_intro(5)
iso8859-7(5)