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deckorean - A character encoding system (codeset) for Korean
The DEC Korean (deckorean) codeset consists of the following character sets: ASCII KSC 5601-1987
For the symbols and ideographic characters defined in the KSC 5601-1987
character set, DEC Korean uses 2-byte data representation. For ASCII characters,
DEC Korean uses single-byte 7-bit data representation; that is, the most significant
bit (MSB) of the byte that represents an ASCII character value is always set
off. For more information on the ASCII character set, refer to
ascii(5).
KSC 5601-1987 is a national standard that defines a primary set of graphic
characters for Korean information interchange. The standard defines a character
set with a total of 8224 characters that are arranged in a code table. The
code table has 94 rows, numbered from 1 to 94. Each row has 94 columns, also
numbered from 1 to 94. Different kinds of characters occupy different areas
of the code table as follows:
Special characters: 986 graphic symbols that reside in rows
1 to 12
Hangul characters: 2350 Korean (Hangul) characters that reside
in rows 16 to 40
Hanja characters: 4888 Chinese characters that reside in rows
42 to 93
To differentiate KSC 5601-1987 codes from ASCII codes, the most significant bit (MSB) of both the first and the second byte of a KSC 5601 character value is always set on.
The value of a KSC 5601 character can be determined from its row and column number as follows:
1st byte = A0 + Row number 2nd byte = A0 + Column number
For example, if a character is positioned at the first column of the 36th row, its value is CA41, which is calulated as follows:
1st byte = A0(hex) + 36 = C4 (hex) 2nd byte = A0(hex) + 01 = A1 (hex)
The following codeset converter pairs are available for converting Korean characters between deckorean and other encoding formats. Refer to iconv_intro(5) for an introduction to codeset conversion. For more information about the other codeset for which deckorean is the input or output, see the reference page specified in the list item. eucKR_deckorean, deckorean_eucKR
There are also codeset converters that convert between the Microsoft
Korean code-page format (cp949) used on PC systems and
UCS-2, UCS-4, and UTF-8 formats. Note that if the UCS-2, UCS-4, or UTF-8 output
from these converters is then converted to DEC Korean, some Hangul characters
may be lost. For more information, see
code_page(5).
The operating system provides Korean fonts for both screen display and printers.
The following bitmap fonts are available in various sizes and typefaces for 75dpi and 100dpi display devices: Fonts in Gotic Family:
For PostScript printers, the operating system provides only Munjo fonts.
For general information on printing non-English text, refer to
i18n_printing(5).
Commands: locale(1)
Others: ascii(5), code_page(5), i18n_intro(5), i18n_printing(5), iconv_intro(5), l10n_intro(5), eucKR(5), Korean(5), Unicode(5)