📊 Windows-1252 Encoding Table

Character encoding reference: ISO-8859-1 ↔ Windows-1252

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Character Reference Table

Decimal Hex Character HTML Entity Description
90x09Tab
100x0ALine Feed
130x0DCarriage Return
320x20 Space
330x21!Printable
340x22""Printable
350x23#Printable
360x24$Printable
370x25%Printable
380x26&&Printable
390x27'Printable
400x28(Printable
410x29)Printable
420x2A*Printable
430x2B+Printable
440x2C,Printable
450x2D-Printable
460x2E.Printable
470x2F/Printable
480x300Printable
490x311Printable
500x322Printable
510x333Printable
520x344Printable
530x355Printable
540x366Printable
550x377Printable
560x388Printable
570x399Printable
580x3A:Printable
590x3B;Printable
600x3C<<Printable
610x3D=Printable
620x3E>>Printable
630x3F?Printable
640x40@Printable
650x41APrintable
660x42BPrintable
670x43CPrintable
680x44DPrintable
690x45EPrintable
700x46FPrintable
710x47GPrintable
720x48HPrintable
730x49IPrintable
740x4AJPrintable
750x4BKPrintable
760x4CLPrintable
770x4DMPrintable
780x4ENPrintable
790x4FOPrintable
800x50PPrintable
810x51QPrintable
820x52RPrintable
830x53SPrintable
840x54TPrintable
850x55UPrintable
860x56VPrintable
870x57WPrintable
880x58XPrintable
890x59YPrintable
900x5AZPrintable
910x5B[Printable
920x5C\Printable
930x5D]Printable
940x5E^Printable
950x5F_Printable
960x60`Printable
970x61aPrintable
980x62bPrintable
990x63cPrintable
1000x64dPrintable
1010x65ePrintable
1020x66fPrintable
1030x67gPrintable
1040x68hPrintable
1050x69iPrintable
1060x6AjPrintable
1070x6BkPrintable
1080x6ClPrintable
1090x6DmPrintable
1100x6EnPrintable
1110x6FoPrintable
1120x70pPrintable
1130x71qPrintable
1140x72rPrintable
1150x73sPrintable
1160x74tPrintable
1170x75uPrintable
1180x76vPrintable
1190x77wPrintable
1200x78xPrintable
1210x79yPrintable
1220x7AzPrintable
1230x7B{Printable
1240x7C|Printable
1250x7D}Printable
1260x7E~Printable
1280x80�Extended ASCII
1290x81�Extended ASCII
1300x82�Extended ASCII
1310x83�Extended ASCII
1320x84�Extended ASCII
1330x85�Extended ASCII
1340x86�Extended ASCII
1350x87�Extended ASCII
1360x88�Extended ASCII
1370x89�Extended ASCII
1380x8A�Extended ASCII
1390x8B�Extended ASCII
1400x8C�Extended ASCII
1410x8D�Extended ASCII
1420x8E�Extended ASCII
1430x8F�Extended ASCII
1440x90�Extended ASCII
1450x91�Extended ASCII
1460x92�Extended ASCII
1470x93�Extended ASCII
1480x94�Extended ASCII
1490x95�Extended ASCII
1500x96�Extended ASCII
1510x97�Extended ASCII
1520x98�Extended ASCII
1530x99�Extended ASCII
1540x9A�Extended ASCII
1550x9B�Extended ASCII
1560x9C�Extended ASCII
1570x9D�Extended ASCII
1580x9E�Extended ASCII
1590x9F�Extended ASCII
1600xA0� Latin-1 Supplement
1610xA1�¡Latin-1 Supplement
1620xA2�¢Latin-1 Supplement
1630xA3�£Latin-1 Supplement
1640xA4�¤Latin-1 Supplement
1650xA5�¥Latin-1 Supplement
1660xA6�¦Latin-1 Supplement
1670xA7�§Latin-1 Supplement
1680xA8�¨Latin-1 Supplement
1690xA9�©Latin-1 Supplement
1700xAA�ªLatin-1 Supplement
1710xAB�«Latin-1 Supplement
1720xAC�¬Latin-1 Supplement
1730xAD�­Latin-1 Supplement
1740xAE�®Latin-1 Supplement
1750xAF�¯Latin-1 Supplement
1760xB0�°Latin-1 Supplement
1770xB1�±Latin-1 Supplement
1780xB2�²Latin-1 Supplement
1790xB3�³Latin-1 Supplement
1800xB4�´Latin-1 Supplement
1810xB5�µLatin-1 Supplement
1820xB6�Latin-1 Supplement
1830xB7�·Latin-1 Supplement
1840xB8�¸Latin-1 Supplement
1850xB9�¹Latin-1 Supplement
1860xBA�ºLatin-1 Supplement
1870xBB�»Latin-1 Supplement
1880xBC�¼Latin-1 Supplement
1890xBD�½Latin-1 Supplement
1900xBE�¾Latin-1 Supplement
1910xBF�¿Latin-1 Supplement
1920xC0�ÀLatin-1 Supplement
1930xC1�ÁLatin-1 Supplement
1940xC2�ÂLatin-1 Supplement
1950xC3�ÃLatin-1 Supplement
1960xC4�ÄLatin-1 Supplement
1970xC5�ÅLatin-1 Supplement
1980xC6�ÆLatin-1 Supplement
1990xC7�ÇLatin-1 Supplement
2000xC8�ÈLatin-1 Supplement
2010xC9�ÉLatin-1 Supplement
2020xCA�ÊLatin-1 Supplement
2030xCB�ËLatin-1 Supplement
2040xCC�ÌLatin-1 Supplement
2050xCD�ÍLatin-1 Supplement
2060xCE�ÎLatin-1 Supplement
2070xCF�ÏLatin-1 Supplement
2080xD0�ÐLatin-1 Supplement
2090xD1�ÑLatin-1 Supplement
2100xD2�ÒLatin-1 Supplement
2110xD3�ÓLatin-1 Supplement
2120xD4�ÔLatin-1 Supplement
2130xD5�ÕLatin-1 Supplement
2140xD6�ÖLatin-1 Supplement
2150xD7�×Latin-1 Supplement
2160xD8�ØLatin-1 Supplement
2170xD9�ÙLatin-1 Supplement
2180xDA�ÚLatin-1 Supplement
2190xDB�ÛLatin-1 Supplement
2200xDC�ÜLatin-1 Supplement
2210xDD�ÝLatin-1 Supplement
2220xDE�ÞLatin-1 Supplement
2230xDF�ßLatin-1 Supplement
2240xE0�àLatin-1 Supplement
2250xE1�áLatin-1 Supplement
2260xE2�âLatin-1 Supplement
2270xE3�ãLatin-1 Supplement
2280xE4�äLatin-1 Supplement
2290xE5�åLatin-1 Supplement
2300xE6�æLatin-1 Supplement
2310xE7�çLatin-1 Supplement
2320xE8�èLatin-1 Supplement
2330xE9�éLatin-1 Supplement
2340xEA�êLatin-1 Supplement
2350xEB�ëLatin-1 Supplement
2360xEC�ìLatin-1 Supplement
2370xED�íLatin-1 Supplement
2380xEE�îLatin-1 Supplement
2390xEF�ïLatin-1 Supplement
2400xF0�ðLatin-1 Supplement
2410xF1�ñLatin-1 Supplement
2420xF2�òLatin-1 Supplement
2430xF3�óLatin-1 Supplement
2440xF4�ôLatin-1 Supplement
2450xF5�õLatin-1 Supplement
2460xF6�öLatin-1 Supplement
2470xF7�÷Latin-1 Supplement
2480xF8�øLatin-1 Supplement
2490xF9�ùLatin-1 Supplement
2500xFA�úLatin-1 Supplement
2510xFB�ûLatin-1 Supplement
2520xFC�üLatin-1 Supplement
2530xFD�ýLatin-1 Supplement
2540xFE�þLatin-1 Supplement
2550xFF�ÿLatin-1 Supplement

About ISO-8859-1

Windows-1252 (CP-1252) is a single-byte character encoding used by Microsoft Windows for Western European languages. It's a superset of ISO-8859-1.

  • Single-byte encoding (256 characters)
  • Includes accented characters for Western European languages
  • Common in legacy Windows applications
  • Smart quotes and other Windows-specific characters

🔄 Why Convert Between These Encodings?

ISO-8859-1 to Windows-1252 Conversion: Adding Windows-specific characters.

  • Use Case: Converting Unix/Linux text to Windows format
  • Benefit: Adds smart quotes, Euro symbol, and other useful characters
  • Common Scenario: Cross-platform text file processing

📝 Format Examples

Example 1: ASCII Character 'A'

Decimal:

65

Hexadecimal & HTML:

0x41 | &#65; | &#x41;

Example 2: Euro Sign '€'

Decimal:

8364

Hexadecimal & HTML:

0x20AC | &#8364; | &euro;

Example 3: Copyright Symbol '©'

Decimal:

169

Hexadecimal & HTML:

0xA9 | &#169; | &copy;

Common Encoding Use Cases

  • Web Development: UTF-8 is the standard for HTML5, JSON, and RESTful APIs
  • Database Storage: UTF-8 (utf8mb4 in MySQL) for international text
  • File Processing: Know the source encoding before converting
  • Legacy Systems: Windows-1252 and ISO-8859-1 still common in older applications
  • Email: UTF-8 with proper MIME headers

💡 Best Practices

  • Always use UTF-8 for new projects and web applications
  • Declare charset explicitly in HTML meta tags
  • Convert legacy data to UTF-8 when possible
  • Test with international characters during development
  • Understand encoding when working with external data

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