DEC 220240 - Character Set Identification

SCS—Select Character Set
ESC I* . . . In F
Where:
I* = ( (Left parenthesis)
1
Designates the character set into G0.
I* = ) (Right parenthesis)
1
Designates the character set into G1.
I* = * (Asterisk)
1
Designates the character set into G2.
I* = + (Plus sign)
1
Designates the character set into G3.
I* = - (Minus sign)
2
Designates the character set into G1.
I* = . (Period)
2
Designates the character set into G2.
I* = / (Slash)
2
Designates the character set into G3.
1
For 94-character sets
2
For 96-character sets
Table A–2: Character Set Identification
Character Set
Number of
Characters
Character Set
Identifier
British 94 A
ASCII 94 B (initial setting for G0 and G1)
DEC Dutch 94 4
DEC Finnish 94 5
French 94 R
DEC French Canadian 94 9
German 94 K
ISO Italian 94 Y
Legal 94 %4
JIS Roman 94 J
JIS Katakana
1
94 I
DEC Norwegian/Danish 94 6
ISO Spanish 94 Z
DEC Swedish 94 7
1
Not resident
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