iso8859-2(5) File Formats Manual iso8859-2(5)
NAME
iso8859-2, ISO8859-2 - A character encoding system (codeset) for Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Polish, and Hungarian
DESCRIPTION
The left hand part of the ISO 8859-2 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 8859-2 code table:
A0 NO-BREAK SPACE
A1 CAPITAL LETTER A WITH OGONEK
A2 BREVE
A3 CAPITAL LETTER L WITH STOKE
A4 CURRENCY SIGN
A5 CAPITAL LETTER L WITH CARON
A6 CAPITAL LETTER S WITH ACUTE ACCENT
A7 PARAGRAPH SIGN
A8 DIAERESIS
A9 CAPITAL LETTER S WITH CARON
AA CAPITAL LETTER S WITH CEDILLA
AB CAPITAL LETTER T WITH CARON
AC CAPITAL LETTER Z WITH ACUTE ACCENT
AD SOFT HYPHEN
AE CAPITAL LETTER Z WITH CARON
AF CAPITAL LETTER Z WITH DOT ABOVE
B0 RING ABOVE, DEGREE SIGN
B1 SMALL LETTER a WITH OGONEK
B2 OGONEK
B3 SMALL LETTER i WITH STROKE
B4 ACUTE ACCENT
B5 SMALL LETTER i WITH CARON
B6 SMALL LETTER s WITH ACUTE ACCENT
B7 CARON
B8 CEDILLA
B9 SMALL LETTER s WITH CARON
BA SMALL LETTER s WITH CEDILLA
BB SMALL LETTER t WITH CARON
BC SMALL LETTER z WITH ACUTE ACCENT
BD DOUBLE ACUTE ACCENT
BE SMALL LETTER z WITH CARON
BF SMALL LETTER z WITH DOT ABOVE
C0 CAPITAL LETTER R WITH ACUTE ACCENT
C1 CAPITAL LETTER A WITH ACUTE ACCENT
C2 CAPITAL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT
C3 CAPITAL LETTER A WITH BREVE
C4 CAPITAL LETTER A WITH DIAERSIS
C5 CAPITAL LETTER L WITH ACUTE ACCENT
C6 CAPITAL LETTER C WITH ACUTE ACCENT
C7 CAPITAL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA
C8 CAPITAL LETTER C WITH CARON
C9 CAPITAL LETTER E WITH ACUTE ACCENT
CA CAPITAL LETTER E WITH OGONEK
CB CAPITAL LETTER E WITH DIAERESIS
CC CAPITAL LETTER E WITH CARON
CD CAPITAL LETTER I WITH ACUTE ACCENT
CE CAPITAL LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT
CF CAPITAL LETTER D WITH CARON
D0 CAPITAL LETTER D WITH STROKE
D1 CAPITAL LETTER N WITH ACUTE ACCENT
D2 CAPITAL LETTER N WITH CARON
D3 CAPITAL LETTER O WITH ACUTE ACCENT
D4 CAPITAL LETTER O WITH CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT
D5 CAPITAL LETTER O WITH DOUBLE ACUTE ACCENT
D6 CAPITAL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS
D7 MULTIPLICATION SIGN
D8 CAPITAL LETTER R WITH CARON
D9 CAPITAL LETTER U WITH RING ABOVE
DA CAPITAL LETTER U WITH ACUTE ACCENT
DB CAPITAL LETTER U WITH DOUBLE ACUTE ACCENT
DC CAPITAL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS
DD CAPITAL LETTER U WITH ACUTE ACCENT
DE CAPITAL LETTER T WITH CEDILLA
DF SMALL GERMAN LETTER SHARP s
E0 SMALL LETTER r WITH ACUTE ACCENT
E1 SMALL LETTER a WITH ACUTE ACCENT
E2 SMALL LETTER a WITH CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT
E3 SMALL LETTER a WITH BREVE
E4 SMALL LETTER a WITH DIAERESIS
E5 SMALL LETTER i WITH ACUTE ACCENT
E6 SMALL LETTER c WITH ACUTE ACCENT
E7 SMALL LETTER c WITH CEDILLA
E8 SMALL LETTER c WITH CARON
E9 SMALL LETTER e WITH ACUTE ACCENT
EA SMALL LETTER e WITH OGONEK
EB SMALL LETTER e WITH DIAERESIS
EC SMALL LETTER e WITH CARON
ED SMALL LETTER i WITH ACUTE ACCENT
EE SMALL LETTER i WITH CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT
EF SMALL LETTER d WITH CARON
F0 SMALL LETTER d WITH STROKE
F1 SMALL LETTER n WITH ACUTE ACCENT
F2 SMALL LETTER n WITH CARON
F3 SMALL LETTER o WITH ACUTE ACCENT
F4 SMALL LETTER o WITH CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT
F5 SMALL LETTER o WITH DOUBLE ACUTE ACCENT
F6 SMALL LETTER o WITH DIAERESIS
F7 DIVISION SIGN
F8 SMALL LETTER r WITH CARON
F9 SMALL LETTER u WITH RING ABOVE
FA SMALL LETTER u WITH ACUTE ACCENT
FB SMALL LETTER u WITH DOUBLE ACUTE ACCENT
FC SMALL LETTER u WITH DIAERESIS
FD SMALL LETTER y WITH ACUTE ACCENT
FE SMALL LETTER t WITH CEDILLA
FF DOT ABOVE
Character Set Designation
The graphic characters of ISO 8859-2 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 8859-2 is considered to be the following compo-
nents: The character SPACE, represented by the bit combination 20(hex) A 94-character G0 graphic character set, represented by the bit com-
binations 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 42 or ESC - B
According to ISO 2022, the character SPACE does not require designation.
Font Support for ISO 8859-2
For 75dpi and 100dpi (dot-per-inch) display devices, the operating system provides the following ISO 8859-2 DECwindows fonts: Arial font
family
-monotype-arial-bold-r-normal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-arial-bold-i-normal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-arial-regu-
lar-i-normal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-arial-regular-r-normal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-arial-bold-r-nor-
mal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-arial-bold-i-normal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-arial-regular-i-nor-
mal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-arial-regular-r-normal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-2 Arial Narrow font family
-monotype-arial narrow-bold-r-normal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-arial narrow-bold-i-normal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-2 -mono-
type-arial narrow-regular-i-normal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-arial narrow-regular-r-normal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-2 -mono-
type-arial narrow-bold-r-normal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-arial narrow-bold-i-normal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-2 -mono-
type-arial narrow-regular-i-normal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-arial narrow-regular-r-normal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-2
Book Antiqua font family
-monotype-book antiqua-bold-r-normal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-book antiqua-bold-i-normal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-2 -mono-
type-book antiqua-regular-i-normal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-book antiqua-regular-r-normal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-2 -mono-
type-book antiqua-bold-r-normal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-book antiqua-bold-i-normal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-2 -mono-
type-book antiqua-regular-i-normal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-book antiqua-regular-r-normal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-2
Bookman Old Style font family
-monotype-bookman old style-bold-r-normal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-bookman old style-bold-i-nor-
mal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-bookman old style-regular-i-normal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-bookman old style-regu-
lar-r-normal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-bookman old style-bold-r-normal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-bookman old
style-bold-i-normal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-bookman old style-regular-i-normal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-
bookman old style-regular-r-normal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-2 Century Gothic font family
-monotype-century gothic-bold-r-normal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-century gothic-bold-i-normal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-2
-monotype-century gothic-regular-i-normal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-century gothic-regular-r-nor-
mal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-century gothic-bold-r-normal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-century gothic-bold-i-nor-
mal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-century gothic-regular-i-normal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-century gothic-regu-
lar-r-normal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-2 Century Schoolbook font family
-monotype-century schoolbook-bold-r-normal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-century schoolbook-bold-i-nor-
mal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-century schoolbook-regular-i-normal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-century schoolbook-
regular-r-normal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-century schoolbook-bold-r-normal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-century
schoolbook-bold-i-normal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-century schoolbook-regular-i-normal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-2 -mono-
type-century schoolbook-regular-r-normal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-2 Courier font family
-monotype-courier-bold-r-normal--*-*-75-75-m-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-courier-bold-i-normal--*-*-75-75-m-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-courier-
regular-i-normal--*-*-75-75-m-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-courier-regular-r-normal--*-*-75-75-m-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-courier-bold-r-nor-
mal--*-*-100-100-m-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-courier-bold-i-normal--*-*-100-100-m-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-courier-regular-i-nor-
mal--*-*-100-100-m-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-courier-regular-r-normal--*-*-100-100-m-*-iso8859-2 Monotype Corsiva font family
-monotype-monotype corsiva-regular-r-normal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-monotype corsiva-regular-r-nor-
mal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-2 Terminal font family
-dec-terminal-medium-r-normal--*-*-75-75-c-*-iso8859-2 -dec-terminal-bold-r-normal--*-*-75-75-c-*-iso8859-2 -dec-terminal-medium-r-
double wide--*-*-75-75-c-*-iso8859-2 -dec-terminal-bold-r-double wide--*-*-75-75-c-*-iso8859-2 -dec-terminal-medium-r-nar-
row--*-*-75-75-c-*-iso8859-2 -dec-terminal-bold-r-narrow--*-*-75-75-c-*-iso8859-2 -dec-terminal-medium-r-
wide--*-*-75-75-c-*-iso8859-2 -dec-terminal-bold-r-wide--*-*-75-75-c-*-iso8859-2 -dec-terminal-medium-r-nor-
mal--*-*-100-100-c-*-iso8859-2 -dec-terminal-bold-r-normal--*-*-100-100-c-*-iso8859-2 -dec-terminal-medium-r-double
wide--*-*-100-100-c-*-iso8859-2 -dec-terminal-bold-r-double wide--*-*-100-100-c-*-iso8859-2 -dec-terminal-medium-r-nar-
row--*-*-100-100-c-*-iso8859-2 -dec-terminal-bold-r-narrow--*-*-100-100-c-*-iso8859-2 -dec-terminal-medium-r-
wide--*-*-100-100-c-*-iso8859-2 -dec-terminal-bold-r-wide--*-*-100-100-c-*-iso8859-2 Times New Roman font family
-monotype-times new roman-bold-r-normal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-times new roman-bold-i-normal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-2
-monotype-times new roman-regular-i-normal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-times new roman-regular-r-nor-
mal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-times new roman-bold-r-normal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-times new roman-bold-i-
normal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-times new roman-regular-i-normal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-2 -monotype-times new roman-
regular-r-normal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-2
For PostScript printers, the operating system provides the following ISO 8859-2 fonts: Arial fonts
Arial-BoldItalic-ISOLatin2 Arial-Italic-ISOLatin2 Arial-ISOLatin2 ArialNarrow-Bold-ISOLatin2 ArialNarrow-BoldItalic-ISOLatin2 Arial-
Narrow-Italic-ISOLatin2 ArialNarrow-ISOLatin2 Book Antiqua fonts
BookAntiqua-Bold-ISOLatin2 BookAntiqua-BoldItalic-ISOLatin2 BookAntiqua-Italic-ISOLatin2 BookAntiqua-ISOLatin2 Bookman fonts
BookmanOldStyle-Bold-ISOLatin2 BookmanOldStyle-BoldItalic-ISOLatin2 BookmanOldStyle-Italic-ISOLatin2 BookmanOldStyle-ISOLatin2 Cen-
tury Gothic fonts
CenturyGothic-Bold-ISOLatin2 CenturyGothic-BoldItalic-ISOLatin2 CenturyGothic-Italic-ISOLatin2 CenturyGothic-ISOLatin2 Century
Schoolbook fonts
CenturySchoolbook-Bold-ISOLatin2 CenturySchoolbook-BoldItalic-ISOLatin2 CenturySchoolbook-Italic-ISOLatin2 CenturySchoolbook-ISO-
Latin2 Courier fonts
Courier-Bold-ISOLatin2 Courier-BoldItalic-ISOLatin2 Courier-Italic-ISOLatin2 Courier-ISOLatin2 Monotype Corsiva font
MonotypeCorsiva-ISOLatin2 Times New Roman fonts
TimesNewRoman-Bold-ISOLatin2 TimesNewRoman-BoldItalic-ISOLatin2 TimesNewRoman-Italic-ISOLatin2 TimesNewRoman-ISOLatin2
For general information on printing non-English text, refer to i18n_printing(5).
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 8859-2 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
s bar dollar
S bar dollar
n d ampersand
n D ampersand
N d ampersand
N D ampersand
a a at
a A at
A A at
parenleft parenleft bracketleft
slash slash backslash
slash less backslash
parenright parenright bracketright
nonspacing grave space grave
parenleft minus braceleft
slash nonspacing circumflex bar
slash circumflex bar
parenright minus braceright
nonspacing tilde space tilde
space space nobreakspace
nonspacing acute space acute
apostrophe apostrophe acute
s nonspacing acute s-acute
s acute s-acute
s apostrophe s-acute
S nonspacing acute S-acute
S acute S-acute
S apostrophe S-acute
z nonspacing acute z-acute
z acute z-acute
z apostrophe z-acute
Z nonspacing acute Z-acute
Z acute Z-acute
Z apostrophe Z-acute
r nonspacing acute r-acute
r acute r-acute
r apostrophe r-acute
R nonspacing acute R-acute
R acute R-acute
R apostrophe R-acute
a nonspacing acute a-acute
a acute a-acute
a apostrophe a-acute
A nonspacing acute A-acute
A acute A-acute
A apostrophe A-acute
l nonspacing acute l-acute
l acute l-acute
l apostrophe l-acute
L nonspacing acute L-acute
L acute L-acute
L apostrophe L-acute
c nonspacing acute c-acute
c acute c-acute
c apostrophe c-acute
C nonspacing acute C-acute
C acute C-acute
C apostrophe C-acute
e nonspacing acute e-acute
e acute e-acute
e apostrophe e-acute
E nonspacing acute E-acute
E acute E-acute
E apostrophe E-acute
i nonspacing acute i-acute
i acute i-acute
i apostrophe i-acute
I nonspacing acute I-acute
I acute I-acute
I apostrophe I-acute
n nonspacing acute n-acute
n acute n-acute
n apostrophe n-acute
N nonspacing acute N-acute
N acute N-acute
N apostrophe N-acute
o nonspacing acute o-acute
o acute o-acute
o apostrophe o-acute
O nonspacing acute O-acute
O acute O-acute
O apostrophe O-acute
u nonspacing acute u-acute
u acute u-acute
u apostrophe u-acute
U nonspacing acute U-acute
U acute U-acute
U apostrophe U-acute
y nonspacing acute y-acute
y acute y-acute
y apostrophe y-acute
Y nonspacing acute Y-acute
Y acute Y-acute
Y apostrophe Y-acute
nonspacing circumflex space circumflex
a nonspacing circumflex a-circumflex
a circumflex a-circumflex
A nonspacing circumflex A-circumflex
A circumflex A-circumflex
i nonspacing circumflex i-circumflex
i circumflex i-circumflex
I nonspacing circumflex I-circumflex
I circumflex I-circumflex
o nonspacing circumflex o-circumflex
o circumflex o-circumflex
O nonspacing circumflex O-circumflex
O circumflex O-circumflex
nonspacing diaeresis space diaeresis
quotedbl space diaeresis
a nonspacing diaeresis a-diaeresis
a quotedbl a-diaeresis
A nonspacing diaeresis A-diaeresis
A quotedbl A-diaeresis
e nonspacing diaeresis e-diaeresis
e quotedbl e-diaeresis
E nonspacing diaeresis E-diaeresis
E quotedbl E-diaeresis
o nonspacing diaeresis o-diaeresis
o quotedbl o-diaeresis
O nonspacing diaeresis O-diaeresis
O quotedbl O-diaeresis
u nonspacing diaeresis u-diaeresis
u quotedbl u-diaeresis
U nonspacing diaeresis U-diaeresis
U quotedbl U-diaeresis
nonspacing cedilla space cedilla
comma comma cedilla
s nonspacing cedilla s-cedilla
s comma s-cedilla
S nonspacing cedilla S-cedilla
S comma S-cedilla
c nonspacing cedilla c-cedilla
c comma C-cedilla
C nonspacing cedilla C-cedilla
C comma C-cedilla
t nonspacing cedilla t-cedilla
t comma t-cedilla
T nonspacing cedilla T-cedilla
T comma T-cedilla
nonspacing caron space caron
backslash slash caron
v nonspacing circumflex caron
v circumflex caron
V nonspacing circumflex caron
V circumflex caron
l nonspacing caron l-caron
L nonspacing caron L-caron
l v l-caron
l V l-caron
L v L-caron
L V L-caron
s nonspacing caron s-caron
s v s-caron
s V s-caron
S nonspacing caron S-caron
S v S-caron
S V S-caron
t nonspacing caron t-caron
t v t-caron
t V t-caron
T nonspacing caron T-caron
T v T-caron
T V T-caron
z nonspacing caron z-caron
z v z-caron
z V z-caron
Z nonspacing caron Z-caron
Z v Z-caron
Z V Z-caron
c nonspacing caron c-caron
c v c-caron
c V c-caron
C nonspacing caron C-caron
C v C-caron
C V C-caron
e nonspacing caron e-caron
e v e-caron
e V e-caron
E nonspacing caron E-caron
E v E-caron
E V E-caron
d nonspacing caron d-caron
d v d-caron
d V d-caron
D nonspacing caron D-caron
D v D-caron
D V D-caron
n nonspacing caron n-caron
n v n-caron
n V n-caron
N nonspacing caron N-caron
N v N-caron
N V N-caron
r nonspacing caron r-caron
r v r-caron
r V r-caron
R nonspacing caron R-caron
R v R-caron
R V R-caron
space nonspacing ring degree
asterisk space degree
0 noncpacing circumflex degree
0 circumflex degree
u nonspacing ring u-ring
u degree u-ring
u asterisk u-ring
U nonspacing ring U-ring
U degree U-ring
U asterisk U-ring
nonspacing ogonek space ogonek
comma greater ogonek
a nonspacing ogonek a-ogonek
a comma a-ogonek
A nonspacing ogonek A-ogonek
A comma A-ogonek
e nonspacing ogonek e-ogonek
e comma e-ogonek
E nonspacing ogonek E-ogonek
E comma E-ogonek
nonspacing doubleacute space doubleacute
quotedbl greater doubleacute
acute acute doubleacute
o nonspacing doubleacute o-doubleacute
o nonspacing tilde o-doubleacute
o tilde o-doubleacute
O nonspacing doubleacute O-doubleacute
O nonspacing tilde O-doubleacute
O tilde O-doubleacute
u nonspacing doubleacute u-doubleacute
u nonspacing tilde u-doubleacute
u tilde u-doubleacute
U nonspacing doubleacute U-doubleacute
U nonspacing tilde U-doubleacute
U tilde U-doubleacute
l minus l-stroke
l slash l-stroke
L minus L-stroke
L slash L-stroke
d minus d-stroke
D minus D-stroke
nonspacing breve space breve
c c breve
c C breve
C C breve
a nonspacing breve a-breve
a c a-breve
a C a-breve
A nonspacing breve A-breve
A c A-breve
A C A-breve
s s s-sharp
s S s-sharp
S S s-sharp
nonspacing abovedot space abovedot
period period abovedot
period circumflex abovedot
z nonspacing abovedot z-abovedot
z period z-abovedot
Z nonspacing abovedot Z-abovedot
Z period Z-abovedot
0 x currency
0 X currency
o x currency
o X currency
O X currency
s exclam section
S exclam section
0 s section
0 S section
o s section
o S section
O S section
minus minus hyphen
x x multiply
x X multiply
X X multiply
minus colon division
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SEE ALSO
Commands: locale(1)
Others: ascii(5), Czech(5), Hungarian(5), i18n_intro(5), i18n_printing(5), iconv_intro(5), iso2022(5), keyboard(5), l10n_intro(5), Pol-
ish(5), Slovak(5), Slovene(5)
iso8859-2(5)