This eight-bit character set covers Western European languages. It is a variation of IBM's "Extended ASCII" set. This set is often referred to as "ANSI," although it was never actually approved by the American National Standards Institute. The set includes the following diacritics:
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This eight-bit character set covers Western European languages. It is a variation of IBM's "Extended ASCII" set. This set is often referred to as "ANSI." However, the standard approved by the American National Standards Institute is for an eight-bit character set, not this set specifically. The set includes the following diacritics: