=---------------------------------------------------=
TABLE OF CYRILLIC AND GREEK ASCII CODES
by ThanatouAnghelos, 2000
You can dowload some useless articles like
this at the following URL: articles.tahome.cjb.net.
=---------------------------------------------------=
INTRODUCTION
If you have an western keyboard (like a normal US keyboard)
and you're working on typical western version of Windows 9x
but you need to use other languages like russian and some
other middle east languages that use other graphic symbols
(like greek and cyrillic-based languages), Windows 9x allows
you to use them using strange ways.
First of all, install the languages support via the Add/Remove
Programs (the Windows Setup tab). Then, open the program that
you would use to write the cyrillic or greek texts. In this case
we will consider WordPad, that's quite integrated with this
strange Win9x philosophy.
Because Windows 9x still uses the old ANSI charset (for
compatibility with MS-DOS, that uses only 256 ASCII codes to
support characters), the only thing it could do to support
other languages is to add in the Font folder three or more
variants of each font that is usually included with a Win9x
copy: Arial, Courier New, Times New Roman, etc.
The new variants are called eg. Arial (Cyrillic), Times New
Roman (Greek), and so on, and they're apparently the same as
the western original. The difference is that only the first
128 ASCII codes still are western chars, because the codes from
128 to 255 (that usually contain western chars like accented
letters) contain the eastern chars.
This causes some problems like the following: "" appears
as a word that has no meaning, but if you're using the Greek
charset clearly appears "hellas" in greek. Fortunately Windows NT
4.0 and later (Win2k) does not affect this problem because they
use the Unicode charset instead of the ANSI one. This charset
supports about 64k chars, so it can contain more than one charset
in each font, and a document that uses multiple charset can be
read using a simple Notepad.
NOTE: If you are using Internet Explorer 4.0 or similar to read
this document, you could simply switch the charset via the menu.
CYRILLIC CHARSET
To can see clearly this charset use Courier New (Cyrillic) (it
may appear as Courier New Cyr in some old applications) or similar.
Is suggested an height of 9pt or higher.
Char Alt hotkey Pronounce
UPPER CASE
Alt+0192 a
Alt+0193 b
Alt+0194 v
Alt+0195 gh
Alt+0196 d
Alt+0197 je,e
Alt+0198 zj
Alt+0199 dz (like wareZ)
Alt+0200 i
Alt+0201 j
Alt+0202 k
Alt+0203 l
Alt+0204 m
Alt+0205 n
Alt+0206 o
Alt+0207 p
Alt+0208 r
Alt+0209 s
Alt+0210 t
Alt+0211 u (like rOUter)
Alt+0212 f (like Fake)
Alt+0213 ch (like german iCH)
Alt+0214 tz
Alt+0215 c' (like scoTCH)
Alt+0216 sc' (like porSCHe)
Alt+0217 sc'c'
Alt+0219 between u and i
Alt+0220 (makes sweet the previous letter)
Alt+0221 e
Alt+0222 ju (like YUgoslavia)
Alt+0223 ja (like german JA)
LOWER CASE
Alt+0224
Alt+0225
Alt+0226
Alt+0227
Alt+0228
Alt+0229
Alt+0230
Alt+0231
Alt+0232
Alt+0233
Alt+0234
Alt+0235
Alt+0236
Alt+0237
Alt+0238
Alt+0239
Alt+0240
Alt+0241
Alt+0242
Alt+0243
Alt+0244
Alt+0245
Alt+0246
Alt+0247
Alt+0248
Alt+0249
Alt+0251
Alt+0252
Alt+0253
Alt+0254
Alt+0255
OTHER CHARS UNKNOWN BY THE AUTHOR
BUT THAT HE THINKS THEY COULD BE
OTHER CYRILLIC CHARS
Alt+0168
Alt+0184
Alt+0129
Alt+0131
Alt+0165
Alt+0180
Alt+0142
Alt+0128
Alt+0140
Alt+0156
Alt+0218
Alt+0250
Alt+0138
Alt+0154
Alt+0141
Alt+0157
Alt+0143
Alt+0159
Alt+0161
Alt+0162
Alt+0170
Alt+0186
Alt+0175
Alt+0191
Alt+0189
Alt+0190
Alt+0158
Alt+0144
GREEK CHARSET
To can see clearly this charset use Courier New (Greek) (it
may appear as Courier New Greek in some old applications) or similar.
Is suggested an height of 9pt or higher.
Char Alt hotkey Pronounce
UPPER CASE
Alt+0193 a
Alt+0194 v
Alt+0195 gh (ghh before i sound)
Alt+0196 dh (like THe)
Alt+0197 e (like thEm)
Alt+0198 dz (like wareZ)
Alt+0199 i
Alt+0200 th (like THruTH)
Alt+0201 i
Alt+0202 k
Alt+0203 l
Alt+0204 m
Alt+0205 n
Alt+0206 x
Alt+0207 o
Alt+0208 p
Alt+0209 r
Alt+0211 s
Alt+0212 t
Alt+0213 i
Alt+0214 f
Alt+0215 ch (like ger. iCH)
Alt+0216 ps (like PSion)
Alt+0217 o
LOWER CASE
Alt+0225
Alt+0226
Alt+0227
Alt+0228
Alt+0229
Alt+0230
Alt+0231
Alt+0232
Alt+0233
Alt+0234
Alt+0235
Alt+0236
Alt+0237
Alt+0238
Alt+0239
Alt+0240
Alt+0241
Alt+0242 s(*)
Alt+0243 s
Alt+0244
Alt+0245
Alt+0246
Alt+0247
Alt+0248
Alt+0249
* is used at the end of any word that ends with
s (eg. ), and it's the same as .
ACCENTED LETTERS AND OTHERS
The following three chars are usually used in combinations
with non-accented vocals to make them accented:
Alt+0161 accent and dieresis
Alt+0168 dieresis
Alt+0180 accent
Alt+0183 : or ;
Alt+0162
Alt+0184
Alt+0185
Alt+0186
Alt+0188
Alt+0190
Alt+0191
Alt+0218
Alt+0219
Alt+0220
Alt+0221
Alt+0222
Alt+0223
Alt+0252
Alt+0253
Alt+0254
Alt+0192
Alt+0224
Alt+0250
Alt+0251
-=EOF=-