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Using eight-bit characters in X11


Be certain to use a proper font. Some fonts are wrongly labeled '*-iso8859-1', although they only contain ASCII. The most important on my X11R5 are:

As example, a full list, from an X11R5 / Solaris 2.5, without font alias names, is following below. It was generated with this program.

However, if you're using standard sized fixed fonts (the above in contrast are rather small), you are not likely to run into this problem--but as stumbling over it is very annoying then, i am bothering about these details.

-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--10-100-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--10-70-100-100-c-60-iso8859-1
-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--8-60-100-100-c-50-iso8859-1
-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--8-80-75-75-c-50-iso8859-1
-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--9-80-100-100-c-60-iso8859-1
-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--9-90-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--12-110-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--12-90-100-100-c-60-iso8859-1
-schumacher-clean-bold-r-normal--0-0-75-75-c-0-iso8859-1
-schumacher-clean-bold-r-normal--10-100-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
-schumacher-clean-bold-r-normal--10-100-75-75-c-80-iso8859-1
-schumacher-clean-bold-r-normal--12-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
-schumacher-clean-bold-r-normal--12-120-75-75-c-80-iso8859-1
-schumacher-clean-bold-r-normal--13-130-75-75-c-80-iso8859-1
-schumacher-clean-bold-r-normal--14-140-75-75-c-80-iso8859-1
-schumacher-clean-bold-r-normal--15-150-75-75-c-90-iso8859-1
-schumacher-clean-bold-r-normal--16-160-75-75-c-80-iso8859-1
-schumacher-clean-bold-r-normal--8-80-75-75-c-80-iso8859-1
-schumacher-clean-medium-i-normal--0-0-75-75-c-0-iso8859-1
-schumacher-clean-medium-i-normal--12-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
-schumacher-clean-medium-i-normal--8-80-75-75-c-80-iso8859-1
-schumacher-clean-medium-r-normal--0-0-75-75-c-0-iso8859-1
-schumacher-clean-medium-r-normal--10-100-75-75-c-50-iso8859-1
-schumacher-clean-medium-r-normal--10-100-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
-schumacher-clean-medium-r-normal--10-100-75-75-c-70-iso8859-1
-schumacher-clean-medium-r-normal--10-100-75-75-c-80-iso8859-1
-schumacher-clean-medium-r-normal--12-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
-schumacher-clean-medium-r-normal--12-120-75-75-c-70-iso8859-1
-schumacher-clean-medium-r-normal--12-120-75-75-c-80-iso8859-1
-schumacher-clean-medium-r-normal--13-130-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
-schumacher-clean-medium-r-normal--13-130-75-75-c-80-iso8859-1
-schumacher-clean-medium-r-normal--14-140-75-75-c-70-iso8859-1
-schumacher-clean-medium-r-normal--14-140-75-75-c-80-iso8859-1
-schumacher-clean-medium-r-normal--15-150-75-75-c-90-iso8859-1
-schumacher-clean-medium-r-normal--16-160-75-75-c-80-iso8859-1
-schumacher-clean-medium-r-normal--6-60-75-75-c-40-iso8859-1
-schumacher-clean-medium-r-normal--6-60-75-75-c-50-iso8859-1
-schumacher-clean-medium-r-normal--6-60-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
-schumacher-clean-medium-r-normal--8-80-75-75-c-50-iso8859-1
-schumacher-clean-medium-r-normal--8-80-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
-schumacher-clean-medium-r-normal--8-80-75-75-c-70-iso8859-1
-schumacher-clean-medium-r-normal--8-80-75-75-c-80-iso8859-1