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Cyrillic characters in messages
From: Paul Hirose
Date: 2007 Nov 26, 20:47 -0800
From: Paul Hirose
Date: 2007 Nov 26, 20:47 -0800
Alexandre E Eremenko wrote: > > My conputer display does not read my native Cyrillic > in e-mails:-) But your machine can send it -- the Cyrillic part of my email that you quoted looks perfect here! There are several ways to put non-ASCII characters in email. You can use one of the ISO 8859 character sets, described here: http://czyborra.com/charsets/iso8859.html (Note that the page is 9 years old.) A more modern and universal solution is Unicode UTF-8. That's what I use. Here are some examples of what it can do: Russian alphabet А Б В Г Д Е Ё Ж З И Й К Л М Н О П Р С Т У Ф Х Ц Ч Ш Щ Ъ Ы Ь Э Ю Я а б в г д е ё ж з и й к л м н о п р с т у ф х ц ч ш щ ъ ы ь э ю я Latin extended Letters with acute ÁáĆćÉéÍíĹĺŃńÓóŔশÚúÝýŹź Letters with apostrophe dď LĽ lľ tť Letters with breve AĂ aă GĞ gğ UŬ uŭ Letters with caron (hacek) CČ cč DĎ EĚ eě NŇ nň RŘ rř SŠ sš TŤ ZŽ zž Letters with cedilla (comma) CÇ cç GĢ gģ KĶ kķ LĻ lļ NŅ nņ RŖ rŗ SŞ sş TŢ tţ Letters with circumflex A aâ CĈ cĉ EÊ eê GĜ gĝ HĤ hĥ IÎ iî JĴ jĵ OÔ oô SŜ sŝ UÛ uû WŴ wŵ YŶ yŷ Letters with diaeresis (umlaut) AÄ aä EË eë IÏ iï OÖ oö UÜ uü YŸ yÿ Letters with/without dot above CĊ cċ EĖ eė GĠ gġ Iİ iı ZŻ zż Letters with double acute OŐ oő UŰ uű Letters with grave AÀ aà EÈ eè IÌ iì OÒ oò UÙ uù Letters with horn OƠ oơ UƯ uư Letters with macron AĀ aā EĒ eē IĪ iī OŌ oō UŪ uū Letters with ogonek AĄ aą EĘ eę IĮ iį UŲ uų Letters with ring above AÅ aå UŮ uů Letters with stroke DĐ dđ HĦ hħ LŁ lł OØ oø Letters with tilde Aà aã NÑ nñ OÕ oõ Ligatures AEÆ aeæ OEŒ oeœ Eth & Thorn DÐ dð THÞ thþ German sharp s & long s ß ſ Greek Capital letters Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω Capital letters with tonos Ά Έ Ή Ί Ό Ύ Ώ Capital letters with dialytika Ϊ Ϋ Small letters α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ σς τ υ φ χ ψ ω Small letters with tonos ά έ ή ί ό ύ ώ Small letters with dialytika ϊ ϋ Small letters with dialytika and tonos ΐ ΰ Symbols • bullet ¶ pilcrow (paragraph) sign § section sign † dagger ‡ double dagger ¤ currency sign € euro sign £ pound sterling sign ¥ yen sign ¢ cent sign © copyright sign ® registered sign ™ trademark sign « double angle quotation mark (guillemet) << » double angle quotation mark (guillemet) >> “ double quotation mark 66 ” double quotation mark 99 „ double quotation mark low-99 ‹ single angle quotation mark (guillemet) < › single angle quotation mark (guillemet) > ‘ single quotation mark 6 ’ single quotation mark 9 (apostrophe) … ellipsis — em dash – en dash ― horizontal bar (quotation dash) · middle dot (centered period) · middle dot (centered period, Greek ano teleia) № numero sign ‰ per mille (per thousand) sign ¹ superscript 1 ² superscript 2 ³ superscript 3 A few symbols used in mathematics and physics ¬ not sign ¯ macron, overline ° degree sign ± plus-minus sign µ micro sign · middle dot, centered period × multiplication sign ÷ division sign ƒ f with hook, script f - monospaced hyphen − minus sign ’ apostrophe ′ prime, minute ″ double prime, second ⁄ fraction slash Ω ohm sign ← leftwards arrow ↑ upwards arrow → rightwards arrow ↓ downwards arrow ↔ left right arrow ↕ up down arrow ∂ partial differential ∆ increment, difference ∏ product ∑ summation, sum √ square root, radical ∞ infinity ∩ intersection ∫ integral ⌠ top half integral ⌡ bottom half integral ≈ almost equal to, approximately equal to ≠ not equal to ≡ identical to ≤ less than or equal to ≥ greater than or equal to ΑΩ Alpha ... Omega αω alpha ... omega Outlook Express and Thunderbird display this properly. It also renders perfectly with my old Netscape 4.78 program under Windows 98 SE, though I have to click View, Character Code, Unicode (UTF-8). You may have to do something similar if the characters aren't coming out right. But most modern software should select the right character set automatically. However, it won't necessarily transmit UTF-8 by default. You may have to look in the Options or Settings menu to select UTF-8. If your software is set to use one of the ISO 8859 character sets, and you try to paste Unicode characters into a message, they may get messed up. I recommend sending test emails to yourself if you're not sure. To get Unicode characters, I use the Windows Character Map. It's buried in the Start menu (Programs, Accessories, System Tools), but I dragged and dropped it into the top level of the Start menu for easier access. To use Unicode you'll want to check the Advanced View box, then select Group by Unicode Subrange. There are also keyboard shortcuts, but I don't use special characters enough to remember them. Most of the Unicode in this message was copied from a web page; I'm not ambitious enough to type all that by hand! Unicode home page: http://www.unicode.org/ In particular, try the link to the code charts (in the upper right corner. Try this Unicode test page. You may be surprised at all the unusual characters your browser can display! http://www.unics.uni-hannover.de/nhtcapri/multilingual2.html#symbols -- I block messages that contain attachments or HTML. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
