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iso8859-15(5)  —  Macro Packages and Conventions

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, Portuguese, 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 character. 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 encoding 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 following 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-normal--∗-∗-∗-∗-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-normal--∗-∗-∗-∗-p-∗-iso8859-15
-adobe-itc lubalin graph-demi-o-normal--∗-∗-∗-∗-p-∗-iso8859-15
-adobe-itc lubalin graph-demi-r-normal--∗-∗-∗-∗-p-∗-iso8859-15
-adobe-itc souvenir-demi-i-normal--∗-∗-∗-∗-p-∗-iso8859-15
-adobe-itc souvenir-demi-r-normal--∗-∗-∗-∗-p-∗-iso8859-15
-adobe-itc souvenir-light-i-normal--∗-∗-∗-∗-p-∗-iso8859-15
-adobe-itc souvenir-light-r-normal--∗-∗-∗-∗-p-∗-iso8859-15
-adobe-new century schoolbook-bold-i-normal--∗-∗-∗-∗-p-∗-iso8859-15
-adobe-new century schoolbook-bold-r-normal--∗-∗-∗-∗-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-normal--∗-∗-∗-∗-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-normal--∗-∗-∗-∗-p-∗-iso8859-15
-b&h-lucidabright-demibold-r-normal--∗-∗-∗-∗-p-∗-iso8859-15
-b&h-lucidabright-medium-i-normal--∗-∗-∗-∗-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-normal--∗-∗-∗-∗-p-∗-iso8859-15
-bitstream-charter-medium-r-normal--∗-∗-∗-∗-p-∗-iso8859-15
-bitstream-terminal-medium-r-normal--∗-∗-∗-∗-c-∗-iso8859-15 (14,18,28,36)
-bitstream-terminal-bold-r-normal--∗-∗-∗-∗-c-∗-iso8859-15 (14,18,28,36)
-dec-terminal-bold-r-normal--∗-∗-∗-∗-c-∗-iso8859-15 (10,20)
-dec-terminal-medium-r-normal--∗-∗-∗-∗-c-∗-iso8859-15 (10,20)
-dec-vt330-bold-r-normal--∗-∗-∗-∗-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-normal--∗-∗-∗-∗-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-normal--∗-∗-∗-∗-p-∗-iso8859-15
-adobe-itc lubalin graph-demi-o-normal--∗-∗-∗-∗-p-∗-iso8859-15
-adobe-itc lubalin graph-demi-r-normal--∗-∗-∗-∗-p-∗-iso8859-15
-adobe-itc souvenir-demi-i-normal--∗-∗-∗-∗-p-∗-iso8859-15
-adobe-itc souvenir-demi-r-normal--∗-∗-∗-∗-p-∗-iso8859-15
-adobe-itc souvenir-light-i-normal--∗-∗-∗-∗-p-∗-iso8859-15
-adobe-itc souvenir-light-r-normal--∗-∗-∗-∗-p-∗-iso8859-15
-adobe-new century schoolbook-bold-i-normal--∗-∗-∗-∗-p-∗-iso8859-15
-adobe-new century schoolbook-bold-r-normal--∗-∗-∗-∗-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-normal--∗-∗-∗-∗-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-normal--∗-∗-∗-∗-p-∗-iso8859-15
-b&h-lucidabright-demibold-r-normal--∗-∗-∗-∗-p-∗-iso8859-15
-b&h-lucidabright-medium-i-normal--∗-∗-∗-∗-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-normal--∗-∗-∗-∗-p-∗-iso8859-15
-bitstream-charter-medium-r-normal--∗-∗-∗-∗-p-∗-iso8859-15
-bitstream-terminal-bold-r-normal--∗-∗-∗-∗-c-∗-iso8859-15 (18,36)
-bitstream-terminal-medium-r-normal--∗-∗-∗-∗-c-∗-iso8859-15 (18,36)
-dec-terminal-bold-r-normal--∗-∗-∗-∗-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. 

Sequence Element Sequence Element Resulting Character
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

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)

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