iso8859-8(5) File Formats Manual iso8859-8(5)
NAME
iso8859-8, ISO8859-8 - A character encoding system (codeset) for Hebrew
DESCRIPTION
The left hand part of the ISO 8859-8 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 8859-8 code table:
A0 NO-BREAK SPACE
A1 This position shall not be used
A2 CENT SIGN
A3 POUND SIGN
A4 CURRENCY SIGN
A5 YEN SIGN
A6 BROKEN BAR
A7 PARAGRAPH SIGN
A8 DIAERESIS
A9 COPYRIGHT SIGN
AA MULTIPLICATION SIGN
AB LEFT ANGLE QUOTATION MARK
AC NOT SIGN
AD SOFT HYPHEN
AE REGISTERED TRADE MARK
AF LINE ABOVE
B0 DEGREE SIGN
B1 PLUS-MINUS SIGN
B2 SUPERSCRIPT TWO
B3 SUPERSCRIPT THREE
B4 ACUTE ACCENT
B5 MICRO SIGN
B6 PILCROW SIGN
B7 MIDDLE DOT
B8 CEDILLA
B9 SUPERSCRIPT ONE
BA DIVISION SIGN
BB RIGHT ANGLE QUOTATION MARK
BC VULGAR FRACTION ONE QUARTER
BD VULGAR FRACTION ONE HALF
BE VULGAR FRACTION THREE QUARTERS
BF This position shall not be used
C0 This position shall not be used
C1 This position shall not be used
C2 This position shall not be used
C3 This position shall not be used
C4 This position shall not be used
C5 This position shall not be used
C6 This position shall not be used
C7 This position shall not be used
C8 This position shall not be used
C9 This position shall not be used
CA This position shall not be used
CB This position shall not be used
CC This position shall not be used
CD This position shall not be used
CE This position shall not be used
CF This position shall not be used
D0 This position shall not be used
D1 This position shall not be used
D2 This position shall not be used
D3 This position shall not be used
D4 This position shall not be used
D5 This position shall not be used
D6 This position shall not be used
D7 This position shall not be used
D8 This position shall not be used
D9 This position shall not be used
DA This position shall not be used
DB This position shall not be used
DC This position shall not be used
DD This position shall not be used
DE This position shall not be used
DF DOUBLE LOW LINE
E0 HEBREW LETTER ALEPH
E1 HEBREW LETTER BET
E2 HEBREW LETTER GIMEL
E3 HEBREW LETTER DALET
E4 HEBREW LETTER HE
E5 HEBREW LETTER WAW
E6 HEBREW LETTER ZAIN
E7 HEBREW LETTER CHET
E8 HEBREW LETTER TET
E9 HEBREW LETTER YOD
EA HEBREW LETTER TERMINAL KAPH
EB HEBREW LETTER KAPH
EC HEBREW LETTER LAMED
ED HEBREW LETTER TERMINAL MEM
EE HEBREW LETTER MEM
EF HEBREW LETTER TERMINAL NUN
F0 HEBREW LETTER NUN
F1 HEBREW LETTER SAMECH
F2 HEBREW LETTER AYIN
F3 HEBREW LETTER TERMINAL PE
F4 HEBREW LETTER PE
F5 HEBREW LETTER TERMINAL ZADE
F6 HEBREW LETTER ZADE
F7 HEBREW LETTER QOPH
F8 HEBREW LETTER RESH
F9 HEBREW LETTER SHIN
FA HEBREW LETTER TAW
FB This position shall not be used
FC This position shall not be used
FD This position shall not be used
FD This position shall not be used
FF This position shall not be used
Character Set Designation
The graphic characters of ISO 8859-8 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 8859-8 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 41 or ESC - H
According to ISO 2022, the character SPACE does not require designation.
Font Support for ISO 8859-8
For 75dpi and 100dpi (dot-per-inch) display devices, the operating system provides the following ISO 8859-8 DECwindows fonts: David font
family
-dec-david-medium-r-normal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-8 -dec-david-bold-r-normal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-8 -dec-david-bold-o-nor-
mal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-8 -dec-david-medium-o-normal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-8 -dec-david-medium-r-nor-
mal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-8 -dec-david-bold-r-normal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-8 -dec-david-bold-o-nor-
mal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-8 -dec-david-medium-o-normal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-8 Frank Ruhl font family
-dec-frankruhl-medium-r-normal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-8 -dec-frankruhl-bold-r-normal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-8 -dec-frankruhl-bold-o-
normal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-8 -dec-frankruhl-medium-o-normal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-8 -dec-frankruhl-medium-r-nor-
mal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-8 -dec-frankruhl-bold-r-normal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-8 -dec-frankruhl-bold-o-nor-
mal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-8 -dec-frankruhl-medium-o-normal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-8 Gam font family
-dec-gam-medium-r-normal--*-*-75-75-m-*-iso8859-8 -dec-gam-bold-r-normal--*-*-75-75-m-*-iso8859-8 -dec-gam-bold-o-nor-
mal--*-*-75-75-m-*-iso8859-8 -dec-gam-medium-o-normal--*-*-75-75-m-*-iso8859-8 -dec-gam-medium-r-normal--*-*-100-100-m-*-iso8859-8
-dec-gam-bold-r-normal--*-*-100-100-m-*-iso8859-8 -dec-gam-bold-o-normal--*-*-100-100-m-*-iso8859-8 -dec-gam-medium-o-nor-
mal--*-*-100-100-m-*-iso8859-8 Menu font family
-dec-menu-medium-r-normal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-8 -dec-menu-medium-r-normal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-8 Miriam font family
-dec-miriam-medium-r-normal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-8 -dec-miriam-medium-r-normal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-8 -dec-miriam-bold-o-nor-
mal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-8 -dec-miriam-bold-o-normal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-8 -dec-miriam-bold-r-normal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-8
-dec-miriam-bold-r-normal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-8 -dec-miriam-medium-o-normal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-8 -dec-miriam-medium-o-nor-
mal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-8 Miriam Fixed font family
-dec-miriamfixed-medium-r-normal--*-*-75-75-m-*-iso8859-8 -dec-miriamfixed-medium-r-normal--*-*-100-100-m-*-iso8859-8 -dec-miri-
amfixed-bold-r-normal--*-*-75-75-m-*-iso8859-8 -dec-miriamfixed-bold-r-normal--*-*-100-100-m-*-iso8859-8 -dec-miriamfixed-bold-o-
normal--*-*-75-75-m-*-iso8859-8 -dec-miriamfixed-bold-o-normal--*-*-100-100-m-*-iso8859-8 -dec-miriamfixed-medium-o-nor-
mal--*-*-75-75-m-*-iso8859-8 -dec-miriamfixed-medium-o-normal--*-*-100-100-m-*-iso8859-8 Narkiss Tam font family
-dec-narkisstam-medium-r-normal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-8 -dec-narkisstam-bold-r-normal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-8 -dec-narkisstam-
bold-o-normal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-8 -dec-narkisstam-medium-o-normal--*-*-75-75-p-*-iso8859-8 -dec-narkisstam-medium-r-nor-
mal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-8 -dec-narkisstam-bold-r-normal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-8 -dec-narkisstam-bold-o-nor-
mal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-8 -dec-narkisstam-medium-o-normal--*-*-100-100-p-*-iso8859-8 Terminal font family
-dec-terminal-medium-r-normal--*-*-75-75-c-*-iso8859-8 -dec-terminal-bold-r-normal--*-*-75-75-c-*-iso8859-8 -dec-terminal-bold-r-
double wide--*-*-75-75-c-*-iso8859-8 -dec-terminal-bold-r-narrow--*-*-75-75-c-*-iso8859-8 -dec-terminal-bold-r-
wide--*-*-75-75-c-*-iso8859-8 -dec-terminal-medium-r-double wide--*-*-75-75-c-*-iso8859-8 -dec-terminal-medium-r-nar-
row--*-*-75-75-c-*-iso8859-8 -dec-terminal-medium-r-wide--*-*-75-75-c-*-iso8859-8 -dec-terminal-medium-r-nor-
mal--*-*-100-100-c-*-iso8859-8 -dec-terminal-bold-r-normal--*-*-100-100-c-*-iso8859-8 -dec-terminal-bold-r-double
wide--*-*-100-100-c-*-iso8859-8 -dec-terminal-bold-r-narrow--*-*-100-100-c-*-iso8859-8 -dec-terminal-bold-r-
wide--*-*-100-100-c-*-iso8859-8 -dec-terminal-medium-r-double wide--*-*-100-100-c-*-iso8859-8 -dec-terminal-medium-r-nar-
row--*-*-100-100-c-*-iso8859-8 -dec-terminal-medium-r-wide--*-*-100-100-c-*-iso8859-8
For PostScript printers, the operating system provides the following ISO 8859-8 fonts: David fonts
David-Bold-ISOLatinHebrew David-BoldOblique-ISOLatinHebrew David-ISOLatinHebrew David-Oblique-ISOLatinHebrew Frank Ruhl fonts
FrankRuhl-Bold-ISOLatinHebrew FrankRuhl-BoldOblique-ISOLatinHebrew FrankRuhl-ISOLatinHebrew FrankRuhl-Oblique-ISOLatinHebrew Miriam
fonts
Miriam-Bold-ISOLatinHebrew Miriam-BoldOblique-ISOLatinHebrew Miriam-ISOLatinHebrew Miriam-Oblique-ISOLatinHebrew Miriam Fixed fonts
MiriamFixed-Bold-ISOLatinHebrew MiriamFixed-BoldOblique-ISOLatinHebrew MiriamFixed-ISOLatinHebrew MiriamFixed-Oblique-ISOLatinHebrew
Narkiss Tam fonts
NarkissTam-Bold-ISOLatinHebrew NarkissTam-BoldOblique-ISOLatinHebrew NarkissTam-ISOLatinHebrew NarkissTam-Oblique-ISOLatinHebrew
For general information on printing non-English text, refer to i18n_printing(5).
SEE ALSO
Commands: locale(1)
Others: ascii(5), Hebrew(5), i18n_intro(5), i18n_printing(5), iconv_intro(5), iso2022(5), l10n_intro(5)
iso8859-8(5)