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Status : Active
Standard Type : Main
Document No : ISO 8957:1996
Document Year : 1996
Pages : 9
Edition : 1
Section Volume : Coded character sets (ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2.)
Specifies two coded Hebrew character sets. Set 1 contains 78 characters including 74 basic characters needed in Hebrew texts. Set 2 contains 51 additional characters used in combination with basic characters in some older Hebrew texts. The sets may be used in a 7-bit or an 8-bit environment in accordance with ISO/IEC 2022.