(last updated 2007-06-12)

Charset name: windows-1252

Charset aliases: (None)

Suitability for use in MIME text:

Yes, windows-1252 is suitable for use with subtypes of the "text" 
Content-Type. Note that windows-1252 is an 8-bit charset. Care should 
be taken to choose an appropriate Content-Transfer-Encoding.

Published specification(s):

1) http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/reference/sbcs/1252.htm

ISO 10646 equivalency table:

http://www.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/MICSFT/WINDOWS/CP1252.TXT

Additional information:

Although not authoritative, the following references may also be of 
interest:

Printed mapping table:
Dr. International "Developing International Software, Second Edition", 
Microsoft Press, ISBN 0-7356-1583-7, 2003, p. 743-747

Microsoft windows extended "best fit" behavior:
http://www.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/MICSFT/WindowsBestFit/bestfit1252.txt

This is an update of an existing registration of this charset. This 
charset name is in use.

This charset is also known as Windows Code Page 1252 or cp1252 for 
short; these are NOT aliases.

The graphic (non-control) characters of Windows-1252 are a superset of 
the graphic characters of the ISO-8859-1 charset. See the range 80 to 
9F (hex).

Person & email address to contact for further information:

Shawn Steele
Email: Shawn.Steele&microsoft.com

Microsoft Corporation
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052
U.S.A.

Intended usage: COMMON

