DocsThe following CharSet names for the standard character set encodings are registered for use in font names under the X Logical Font Description:
| Name | Encoding Standard | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ISO8859-1 | ISO8859-1 | Latinalphabet No. 1 |
| ISO8859-2 | ISO8859-2 | Latinalphabet No. 2 |
| ISO8859-3 | ISO8859-3 | Latinalphabet No. 3 |
| ISO8859-4 | ISO8859-4 | Latinalphabet No. 4 |
| ISO8859-5 | ISO 8859-5 | Latin/Cyrillic alphabet |
| ISO8859-6 | ISO 8859-6 | Latin/Arabic alphabet |
| ISO8859-7 | ISO8859-7 | Latin/Greekalphabet |
| ISO8859-8 | ISO8859-8 | Latin/Hebrew alphabet |
| ISO8859-9 | ISO8859-9 | Latinalphabet No. 5 |
| JISX0201.1976-0 | JIS X0201-1976 (reaffirmed 1984) | 8-bit Alphanumeric-Katakana Code |
| GB2312.1980-0 | GB2312-1980, GL encoding | China (PRC) Hanzi |
| JISX0208.1983-0 | JIS X0208-1983, GL encoding | Japanese Graphic Character Set |
| KSC5601.1987-0 | KS C5601-1987, GL encoding | Korean Graphic Character Set |