The Xerox Character Code Standard (XCCS) is a historical 16-bit character encoding that was created by Xerox in 1980 for the exchange of information between elements of the Xerox Network Systems Architecture. It encodes the characters required for languages using the Latin, Arabic, Hebrew, Greek and Cyrillic scripts, the Chinese, Japanese and Korean writing systems, and technical symbols.
It can be viewed as an early precursor of, and inspiration for, the Unicode Standard.
The International Character Set (ICS) is compatible with XCCS.
The XCCS 2.0 (1990) revision covers Latin, Arabic, Hebrew, Gothic, Armenian, Runic, Georgian, Greek, Cyrillic, Hiragana, Katakana, Bopomofo scripts, technical, and mathematical symbols.
Code charts
Character sets overview
XCCS Lead byte | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F |
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| 0x | 00 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2x | | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | | | | | | |
| 3x | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 3A | 3B | 3C | 3D | 3E | 3F |
| 4x | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 4A | 4B | 4C | 4D | 4E | 4F |
| 5x | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 5A | 5B | 5C | 5D | 5E | 5F |
| 6x | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 6A | 6B | 6C | 6D | 6E | 6F |
| 7x | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ax | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Cx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ex | E0 | E1 | E2 | E3 | | | | | | | | | | | EE | EF |
| Fx | F0 | F1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | FE | FF |
Character set 0x00 (ASCII/ISO/CCITT Latin alphabet and punctuation)
Character set 0x21 (Symbols 1 - Japanese punctuation and math symbols)
XCCS (prefixed with 0x21) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F |
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| 0x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2x | | IDSP | 、 | 。 | | | · | | | | | ゙ | ゚ | ´ | | ¨ |
| 3x | | ‾ | | ヽ | ヾ | ゝ | ゞ | 〃 | 仝 | 々 | 〆 | 〇 | ー | — | – | |
| 4x | | 〜 | ‖ | | … | ‥ | ‘ | ’ | “ | ” | | | 〔 | 〕 | | |
| 5x | | | 〈 | 〉 | 《 | 》 | 「 | 」 | 『 | 』 | 【 | 】 | | − | | × |
| 6x | ÷ | | ≠ | | | ≦ | ≧ | ∞ | ∴ | ♀ | ♂ | ° | ′ | ″ | ℃ | ¥ |
| 7x | | ¢ | £ | | | | | | § | ☆ | ★ | ○ | ● | ◎ | ◇ | |
| 8x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ax | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Cx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ex | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Character set 0x22: Symbols 2 - Japanese and mathematical symbols
XCCS (prefixed with 0x22) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F |
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| 0x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2x | | ◆ | □ | ■ | △ | ▲ | ▽ | ▼ | ※ | 〒 | → | ← | ↑ | ↓ | 〓 | |
| 3x | | | | | | | | | | | ∈ | ∋ | ⊆ | ⊇ | ⊂ | ⊃ |
| 4x | ∪ | ∩ | | | | | | | | | ∧ | ∨ | ¬ | ⇒ | ⇔ | ∀ |
| 5x | ∃ | | | | | | | | | | | | ∠ | ⊥ | ⌒ | ∂ |
| 6x | ∇ | ≡ | ≒ | ≪ | ≫ | √ | ∽ | ∝ | ∵ | ∫ | ∬ | | | | | |
| 7x | | | Å | ‰ | ♯ | ♭ | ♩ | † | ‡ | ¶ | | | | | ◯ | |
| 8x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ax | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Cx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ex | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Character set 0x23: Extended Latin alphabet
XCCS (prefixed with 0x23) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F |
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| 0x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ax | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Cx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dx | | | | | | | ̣ | | | | | | | | | |
| Ex | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Character set 0x24: (Top) Japanese hiragana syllabary (Bottom) Chinese Bo-po-mo-fo
Character set 0x25: Japanese katakana syllabary
Character set 0x26: Greek alphabet
XCCS (prefixed with 0x26) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F |
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| 0x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2x | | Α | Β | Γ | Δ | Ε | Ζ | Η | Θ | Ι | Κ | Λ | Μ | Ν | Ξ | Ο |
| 3x | Π | Ρ | Σ | Τ | Υ | Φ | Χ | Ψ | Ω | | | | | | | ; |
| 4x | | α | β | γ | δ | ε | ζ | η | θ | ι | κ | λ | μ | ν | ξ | ο |
| 5x | π | ρ | σ | τ | υ | φ | χ | ψ | ω | | | | | | | |
| 6x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7x | | | | | | | | ς | | | | | | | | |
| 8x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ax | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bx | | | | | ΄ | ΅ | | | | | | | | | | |
| Cx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ex | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Character set 0x27: Cyrillic alphabet
XCCS (prefixed with 0x27) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F |
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| 0x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2x | | А | Б | В | Г | Д | Е | Ё | Ж | З | И | Й | К | Л | М | Н |
| 3x | О | П | Р | С | Т | У | Ф | Х | Ц | Ч | Ш | Щ | Ъ | Ы | Ь | Э |
| 4x | Ю | Я | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5x | | а | б | в | г | д | е | ё | ж | з | и | й | к | л | м | н |
| 6x | о | п | р | с | т | у | ф | х | ц | ч | ш | щ | ъ | ы | ь | э |
| 7x | ю | я | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ax | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Cx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ex | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Character set 0x28: (Top) JIS and IBM forms characters (Bottom) Mosaic characters
XCCS (prefixed with 0x28) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F |
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| 0x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2x | | │ | ─ | ┐ | ┌ | └ | ┘ | ┤ | ┬ | ├ | ┴ | ┼ | ━ | ┃ | ┏ | ┓ |
| 3x | ┗ | ┛ | ┫ | ┳ | ┣ | ┻ | ╋ | ┠ | ┯ | ┨ | ┷ | ┿ | ┝ | ┰ | ┥ | ┷ |
| 4x | ╂ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ax | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Cx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ex | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Character set 0x30
XCCS (prefixed with 0x30) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F |
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| 0x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2x | | 亜 | 唖 | 娃 | 阿 | 哀 | 愛 | 挨 | 姶 | 逢 | 葵 | 茛 | 穐 | 悪 | 握 | 湅 |
| 3x | 旭 | 葦 | 芦 | 鯵 | 梓 | 圧 | 斡 | 扱 | 宛 | 姐 | 虻 | 飴 | 絢 | 綾 | 鮎 | 或 |
| 4x | 粟 | 袷 | 安 | 庵 | 按 | 暗 | 案 | 闇 | 鞍 | 杏 | 以 | 伊 | 位 | 依 | 偉 | 囲 |
| 5x | 夷 | 委 | 威 | 尉 | 悿 | 意 | 慰 | 易 | 椅 | 為 | 畏 | 異 | 禿 | 維 | 緯 | 胃 |
| 6x | 萎 | 衣 | 謂 | 違 | 遺 | 医 | 井 | 亥 | 育 | 域 | 郁 | 碿 | 一 | 壱 | 溢 | 逸 |
| 7x | 稲 | 茨 | 芋 | 鰯 | 允 | 印 | 咽 | 員 | 因 | 姻 | 引 | 飲 | 淫 | 胤 | 蔭 | |
| 8x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ax | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Cx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ex | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Character set 0x31
XCCS (prefixed with 0x31) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F |
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| 0x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2x | | 院 | 陰 | 隠 | 韻 | 吋 | 右 | 宇 | 烏 | 羽 | 迂 | 雨 | 卯 | 鵜 | 窺 | 丑 |
| 3x | 碓 | 臼 | 渦 | 嘘 | 唄 | 欝 | 蔚 | 鰻 | 姥 | 厩 | 浦 | 瓜 | 閏 | 噂 | 云 | 運 |
| 4x | 雲 | 荏 | 餌 | 叡 | 営 | 嬰 | 影 | 映 | 曳 | 栄 | 永 | 泳 | 洩 | 瑛 | 盈 | 穎 |
| 5x | 頴 | 英 | 衛 | 詠 | 鋭 | 液 | 疫 | 益 | 駅 | 悦 | 謁 | 越 | 閲 | 榎 | 厭 | 円 |
| 6x | 園 | 堰 | 奄 | 宴 | 延 | 怨 | 掩 | 援 | 沿 | 演 | 炎 | 焔 | 煙 | 燕 | 猿 | 縁 |
| 7x | 艶 | 苑 | 薗 | 遠 | 鉛 | 鴛 | 塩 | 於 | 汚 | 甥 | 凹 | 央 | 奥 | 往 | 応 | |
| 8x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ax | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Cx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ex | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Character set 0xE0
XCCS (prefixed with 0xE0) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F |
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| 0x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6x | | א | ב | ג | ד | ה | ו | ז | ח | ט | י | ך | כ | ל | ם | מ |
| 7x | ן | נ | ס | ע | ף | פ | ץ | צ | ק | ר | ש | ת | | | | |
| 8x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ax | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Cx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ex | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Character set 0xE1
XCCS (prefixed with 0xE1) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F |
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| 0x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4x | | ء | آ | أ | ؤ | إ | ئ | ا | ب | ة | ت | ث | ج | ح | خ | د |
| 5x | ذ | ر | ز | س | ش | ص | ض | ط | ظ | ع | غ | | | | | |
| 6x | ـ | ف | ق | ك | ل | م | ن | ه | و | ى | ي | ً | ٌ | ٍ | َ | ُ |
| 7x | ِ | ّ | ْ | ٓ | ٔ | ٕ | ٖ | ٗ | ٘ | ٙ | ٚ | | | | | |
| 8x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ax | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Cx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ex | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Character set 0xE2
XCCS (prefixed with 0xE2) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F |
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| 0x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ax | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Cx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dx | | | | | | | | | | | | j | ʎ | ŋ | k | ɡ |
| Ex | x | ɣ | ɰ | g | ɴ | ƞ | q | ɢ | χ | ʁ | ʀ | ħ | ʕ | ʔ | h | ɦ |
| Fx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Character set 0xE3
XCCS (prefixed with 0xE3) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F |
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| 0x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ax | | | ₩ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Cx | | ᄀ | ᄁ | ᆪ | ᄂ | ᆬ | ᆭ | ᄃ | ᄄ | ᄅ | ᆰ | ᆱ | ᆲ | ᆳ | ᆴ | ᆵ |
| Dx | ᄚ | ᄆ | ᄇ | ᄈ | ᄡ | ᄉ | ᄊ | ᄋ | ᄌ | ᄍ | ᄎ | ᄏ | ᄐ | ᄑ | ᄒ | HCF |
| Ex | | | ᅡ | ᅢ | ᅣ | ᅤ | ᅥ | ᅦ | | | ᅧ | ᅨ | ᅩ | ᅪ | ᅫ | ᅬ |
| Fx | | | ᅭ | ᅮ | ᅯ | ᅰ | ᅱ | ᅲ | | | ᅳ | ᅴ | ᅵ | HVF | | |
Character set 0xEE
XCCS (prefixed with 0xEE) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F |
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| 0x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2x | NBSP | 3/MSP | 4/MSP | HSP | PSP | ENSP | EMSP | FSP | | | | | | | . | |
| 3x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7x | | | | ⌈/⎡ | ⌊/⎣ | | ⌉/⎤ | ⌋/⎦ | | | | | | | | ∼ | |
| 8x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ax | | | ․ | ‥ | … | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Cx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ex | ⎫ | ⎪ | ⎬ | ⎭ | ⎧ | ⎩ | ⎨ | ⎪ | | | | | | | | |
| Fx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Character set 0xEF
Character set 0xF0
XCCS (prefixed with 0xF0) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F |
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| 0x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2x | | ff | ffi | ffl | fi | fl | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 7x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ax | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Cx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ex | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Character set 0xF1
XCCS (prefixed with 0xF1) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F |
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| 0x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2x | | Á | À | Â | É | Ü | Î | Ä | Å | Ó | Ò | Ú | Ù | Ç | Í | Ì |
| 3x | Æ | Ø | Œ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 5x | | | | | Ö | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 8x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ax | | á | à | â | é | ü | î | ä | å | ó | ò | ú | ù | ç | í | ì |
| Bx | æ | ø | œ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Cx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dx | | | | | ö | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ex | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
See also
Further reading
- Character Code Standard, coll. "Xerox System Integration Standard". May 1980.
- Character Standard Code XSIS 058,405, coll. "Xerox System Integration Standard". April 1984. (100 pp.)
- Character Standard Code XNSS 058,405, coll. "Xerox System Integration Standard". May 1986.
- Character Standard Code XNSS 059,003 Version 2.0, coll. "Xerox System Integration Standard". June 1990.
- (PDF). Xerox Systems Institute. (PDF) from the original on 2016-11-25.