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Xerox Character Code Standard
Obsolete character code standard developed by Xerox Corporation

The Xerox Character Code Standard (XCCS) is a historical 16-bit character encoding that was created by Xerox in 1980 for the exchange of information between elements of the Xerox Network Systems Architecture. It encodes the characters required for languages using the Latin, Arabic, Hebrew, Greek and Cyrillic scripts, the Chinese, Japanese and Korean writing systems, and technical symbols.

It can be viewed as an early precursor of, and inspiration for, the Unicode Standard.

The International Character Set (ICS) is compatible with XCCS.

The XCCS 2.0 (1990) revision covers Latin, Arabic, Hebrew, Gothic, Armenian, Runic, Georgian, Greek, Cyrillic, Hiragana, Katakana, Bopomofo scripts, technical, and mathematical symbols.

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Code charts

Character sets overview

XCCS Lead byte
0123456789ABCDEF
0x00
1x
2x2122232425262728
3x303132333435363738393A3B3C3D3E3F
4x404142434445464748494A4B4C4D4E4F
5x505152535455565758595A5B5C5D5E5F
6x606162636465666768696A6B6C6D6E6F
7x7071727374
8x
9x
Ax
Bx
Cx
Dx
ExE0E1E2E3EEEF
FxF0F1FEFF

Character set 0x00

XCCS (prefixed with 0x00)
0123456789ABCDEF
0x
1x
2x SP !"#¤%&ʼ()*+,-./
3x0123456789:;<=>?
4x@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO
5xPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_
6x`abcdefghijklmno
7xpqrstuvwxyz{|}~
8x
9x
Ax¡¢£$¥§‘“«←↑→↓
Bx°±²³×µ·÷’”»¼½¾¿
Cx`´ˆ˜¯˘˙¨˚¸ˍ˝˛ˇ
Dx―¹©®™♪⅛⅜⅝⅞
ExΩÆЪĦȷIJĿŁØŒºÞŦŊʼn
Fxĸæđðħıijŀłøœßþŧŋ

Character set 0x21

XCCS (prefixed with 0x21)
0123456789ABCDEF
0x
1x
2xIDSP、。·゙゚´¨
3x‾ヽヾゝゞ〃仝々〆〇ー—–
4x〜‖…‥‘’“”〔〕
5x〈〉《》「」『』【】−×
6x÷≠≦≧∞∴♀♂°′″℃¥
7x¢£§☆★○●◎◇
8x
9x
Ax
Bx
Cx
Dx
Ex
Fx

Character set 0x22

XCCS (prefixed with 0x22)
0123456789ABCDEF
0x
1x
2x◆□■△▲▽▼※〒→←↑↓〓
3x∈∋⊆⊇⊂⊃
4x∪∩∧∨¬⇒⇔∀
5x∃∠⊥⌒∂
6x∇≡≒≪≫√∽∝∵∫∬
7xʼn♯♭♩†‡◯
8x
9x
Ax
Bx
Cx
Dx
Ex
Fx

Character set 0x23

XCCS (prefixed with 0x23)
0123456789ABCDEF
0x
1x
2x
3x
4x
5x
6x
7x
8x
9x
Ax
Bx
Cx
Dx̣
Ex
Fx

Character set 0x24

XCCS (prefixed with 0x24)
0123456789ABCDEF
0x
1x
2xぁあぃいぅうぇえぉおかがきぎく
3xぐけげこごさざしじすずせぜそぞた
4xだちぢっつづてでとどなにぬねのは
5xばぱひびぴふぶぷへべぺほぼぱまみ
6xむめもゃやゅゆょよらりるれろゎわ
7xゐゑをん
8x
9x
Ax
Bx
Cx
Dx
Ex
Fx

Character set 0x25

XCCS (prefixed with 0x25)
0123456789ABCDEF
0x
1x
2xァアィイゥウェエォオカガキギク
3xグケゲコゴサザシジスズセゼソゾタ
4xダチヂッツヅテデトドナニヌネノハ
5xバパヒビピフブプヘベペホボポマミ
6xムメモャヤュユョヨラリルレロヮワ
7xヰヱヲン
8x
9x
Ax
Bx
Cx
Dx
Ex
Fx

Character set 0x26

XCCS (prefixed with 0x26)
0123456789ABCDEF
0x
1x
2xΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞΟ
3xΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩ;
4xαβγδεζηθικλμνξο
5xπρστυφχψω
6x
7xς
8x
9x
Ax
Bx΄΅
Cx
Dx
Ex
Fx

Character set 0x27

XCCS (prefixed with 0x27)
0123456789ABCDEF
0x
1x
2xАБВГДЕЁЖЗИЙКЛМН
3xОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭ
4xЮЯ
5xабвгдеёжзийклмн
6xопрстуфхцчшщъыьэ
7xюя
8x
9x
Ax
Bx
Cx
Dx
Ex
Fx

Character set 0x28

XCCS (prefixed with 0x28)
0123456789ABCDEF
0x
1x
2x│─┐┌└┘┤┬├┴┼━┃┏┓
3x┗┛┫┳┣┻╋┠┯┨┷┿┝┰┥┷
4x╂
5x
6x
7x
8x
9x
Ax
Bx
Cx
Dx
Ex
Fx

Character set 0x30

XCCS (prefixed with 0x30)
0123456789ABCDEF
0x
1x
2x亜唖娃阿哀愛挨姶逢葵茛穐悪握湅
3x旭葦芦鯵梓圧斡扱宛姐虻飴絢綾鮎或
4x粟袷安庵按暗案闇鞍杏以伊位依偉囲
5x夷委威尉悿意慰易椅為畏異禿維緯胃
6x萎衣謂違遺医井亥育域郁碿一壱溢逸
7x稲茨芋鰯允印咽員因姻引飲淫胤蔭
8x
9x
Ax
Bx
Cx
Dx
Ex
Fx

Character set 0x31

XCCS (prefixed with 0x31)
0123456789ABCDEF
0x
1x
2x院陰隠韻吋右宇烏羽迂雨卯鵜窺丑
3x碓臼渦嘘唄欝蔚鰻姥厩浦瓜閏噂云運
4x雲荏餌叡営嬰影映曳栄永泳洩瑛盈穎
5x頴英衛詠鋭液疫益駅悦謁越閲榎厭円
6x園堰奄宴延怨掩援沿演炎焔煙燕猿縁
7x艶苑薗遠鉛鴛塩於汚甥凹央奥往応
8x
9x
Ax
Bx
Cx
Dx
Ex
Fx

Character set 0xE0

XCCS (prefixed with 0xE0)
0123456789ABCDEF
0x
1x
2x
3x
4x
5x
6xאבגדהוזחטיךכלםמ
7xןנסעףפץצקרשת
8x
9x
Ax
Bx
Cx
Dx
Ex
Fx

Character set 0xE1

XCCS (prefixed with 0xE1)
0123456789ABCDEF
0x
1x
2x
3x
4xءآأؤإئابةتثجحخد
5xذرزسشصضطظعغ
6xـفقكلمنهوىيًٌٍَُ
7xِّْٕٖٓٔٗ٘ٙٚ
8x
9x
Ax
Bx
Cx
Dx
Ex
Fx

Character set 0xE2

XCCS (prefixed with 0xE2)
0123456789ABCDEF
0x
1x
2x
3x
4x
5x
6x
7x
8x
9x
Ax
Bx
Cx
Dxjʎŋkɡ
Exxɣɰgɴƞqɢχʁʀħʕʔhɦ
Fx

Character set 0xE3

XCCS (prefixed with 0xE3)
0123456789ABCDEF
0x
1x
2x
3x
4x
5x
6x
7x
8x
9x
Ax￦
Bx
Cxﾡﾢﾣﾤﾥﾦﾧﾨﾩﾪﾫﾬﾭﾮﾯ
DxﾰﾱﾲﾳﾴﾵﾶﾷﾸﾹﾺﾻﾼﾽﾾHCF
Exￂￃￄￅￆￇￊￋￌￍￎￏ
FxￒￓￔￕￖￗￚￛￜHVF

Character set 0xEE

XCCS (prefixed with 0xEE)
0123456789ABCDEF
0x
1x
2xNBSP3/MSP4/MSP HSPPSPENSPEMSPFSP.
3x
4x
5x
6x
7x⌈/⎡⌊/⎣⌉/⎤⌋/⎦|∼
8x
9x
Ax․‥…
Bx
Cx
Dx
Ex⎫⎪⎬⎭⎧⎩⎨⎪
Fx

Character set 0xEF

XCCS (prefixed with 0xEF)
0123456789ABCDEF
0x
1x
2x∝∞'⊥⊤⋆∙/⋅∕
3x†‡〈〉☞⊢⊣⊨⫤≈∈↖↘↗↙
4x℅‰≪≫≮≯∣∤∥∦∌∉∋⇐↔⇒
5x⇋⇄↝∊∍∩∪⊇⊆⊃⊂⊉⊈⊅⊄
6x⊐⊏⊕⊖⊗⊘•∘ℏ∅¬¦∠∢∟∵
7x≐≘≡≢≟≙≂≃≅≊∫∮√∓∔
8x
9x
Axƒ₣ℵ№ℚℍℂℕℝℤ
Bx∃∄ℓ∀∧∨∎∇∂☎⤸
Cx✓
Dx
Ex∑∏│─┼
Fx∐⅓⅔

Character set 0xF0

XCCS (prefixed with 0xF0)
0123456789ABCDEF
0x
1x
2xffffifflfifl
3x
4x
5x
6x
7x
8x
9x
Ax
Bx
Cx
Dx
Ex
Fx

Character set 0xF1

XCCS (prefixed with 0xF1)
0123456789ABCDEF
0x
1x
2xÁÀÂÉÜÎÄÅÓÒÚÙÇÍÌ
3xÆØŒ
4x
5xÖ
6x
7x
8x
9x
Axáàâéüîäåóòúùçíì
Bxæøœ
Cx
Dxö
Ex
Fx

See also

Further reading

  • Character Code Standard, coll. "Xerox System Integration Standard". May 1980.
  • Character Standard Code XSIS 058,405, coll. "Xerox System Integration Standard". April 1984. (100 pp.)
  • Character Standard Code XNSS 058,405, coll. "Xerox System Integration Standard". May 1986.
  • Character Standard Code XNSS 059,003 Version 2.0, coll. "Xerox System Integration Standard". June 1990.
  • "Literature Catalog" (PDF). Xerox Systems Institute. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-11-25. Retrieved 2016-11-25.

References

  1. Haralambous, Yannis (September 2007). Fonts & Encodings. Translated by Horne, P. Scott (1st ed.). Sebastopol, California, USA: O'Reilly Media, Inc. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-596-10242-5. 978-0-596-10242-5 ↩

  2. "Xerox System Network Architecture General Information Manual". Xerox Corporation. April 1985. pp. 57–63. Retrieved 2016-10-25. https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_xeroxxnsXNNetworkArchitectureGeneralInformationMan_10024221 ↩

  3. Centerlind, Tomas (1987-06-18). "International Character Code Standard for the BE2" (PDF). Information Technology Center (ITC), Carnegie Mellon University. CMU-ITC-87-091. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-11-25. Retrieved 2016-10-25. http://reports-archive.adm.cs.cmu.edu/anon/anon/usr0/ftp/itc/CMU-ITC-091.pdf ↩

  4. Becker, Joseph D. (1998-09-10) [1988-08-29]. "Unicode 88" (PDF). unicode.org (10th anniversary reprint ed.). Unicode Consortium. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-11-25. Retrieved 2016-10-25. In 1978, the initial proposal for a set of "Universal Signs" was made by Bob Belleville at Xerox PARC. Many persons contributed ideas to the development of a new encoding design. Beginning in 1980, these efforts evolved into the Xerox Character Code Standard (XCCS) by the present author, a multilingual encoding which has been maintained by Xerox as an internal corporate standard since 1982, through the efforts of Ed Smura, Ron Pellar, and others.Unicode arose as the result of eight years of working experience with XCCS. Its fundamental differences from XCCS were proposed by Peter Fenwick and Dave Opstad (pure 16-bit codes), and by Lee Collins (ideographic character unification). Unicode retains the many features of XCCS whose utility have been proved over the years in an international line of communication multilingual system products. /wiki/Joseph_D._Becker ↩

  5. Haralambous, Yannis (September 2007). Fonts & Encodings. Translated by Horne, P. Scott (1st ed.). Sebastopol, California, USA: O'Reilly Media, Inc. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-596-10242-5. 978-0-596-10242-5 ↩

  6. Salmons, Jim; Babitshky, Timlynn (1992). International OOP Directory. COOT, Inc. pp. 3–98. ↩

  7. Whistler, Kenneth. "Re: Questions about Unicode history". Retrieved 6 October 2017. https://www.unicode.org/mail-arch/unicode-ml/y2002-m01/0611.html ↩