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1 Why is this subset important?

Unicode includes currenty over 96,000 character, it's not feasible to include all those in fonts, or ship font including all characters with operating system. WGL-4 is guaranteed to exist in all Microsoft Windows platforms since 1998. It includes Microsoft's codepages 1250, 1251, 1252, 1253 and 1254, supporting Western, Eastern European, Cyrillic, Greek and Turkish.

Many unicode fonts include at least WGL4 characters. Other subset ot Unicode include MES-1 and MES-2 (CEN Multilingual European Character Set)

2 List of characters in WGL4

These should be viewable in all Windows-based computers:

• ASCII and Western: ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ? @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~ ¡ ¢ £ ¤ ¥ ¦ § ¨ © ª « ¬ ­ ® ¯ ° ± ² ³ ´ µ ¶ · ¸ ¹ º » ¼ ½ ¾ ¿ À Á Â Ã Ä Å Æ Ç È É Ê Ë Ì Í Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò Ó Ô Õ Ö × Ø Ù Ú Û Ü Ý Þ ß à á â ã ä å æ ç è é ê ë ì í î ï ð ñ ò ó ô õ ö ÷ ø ù ú û ü ý þ ÿ Ā ā A a A a C c C c C c C c D d D d E e E e E e E e E e G g G g G g G g H h H h I i I i I i I i I i IJ ij J j K k ? L l L l L l Ŀ ŀ L l N n N n N n n N n O o O o O o Œ œ R r R r R r S s S s S s Š š T t T t T t U u U u U u U u U u U u W w Y y Ÿ Z z Z z Ž ž ? ƒ Ǻ ǻ Ǽ ǽ Ǿ ǿ Ẁ ẁ Ẃ ẃ Ẅ ẅ Ỳ ỳ
• Greek: Ά · Έ Ή Ί Ό Ύ Ώ ΐ Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω Ϊ Ϋ ά έ ή ί ΰ α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ ς σ τ υ φ χ ψ ω ϊ ϋ ό ύ ώ
• Cyrillic: Ё Ђ Ѓ Є Ѕ І Ї Ј Љ Њ Ћ Ќ Ў Џ А Б В Г Д Е Ж З И Й К Л М Н О П Р С Т У Ф Х Ц Ч Ш Щ Ъ Ы Ь Э Ю Я а б в г д е ж з и й к л м н о п р с т у ф х ц ч ш щ ъ ы ь э ю я ё ђ ѓ є ѕ і ї ј љ њ ћ ќ ў џ Ґ ґ
• Other: ˆ ˇ ˉ ˘ ˙ ˚ ˛ ˝ ΄ ΅ – — ― ‗ ‘ ’ ‚ ‛ “ ” „ † ‡ • … ‰ ′ ″ ‹ › ‼ ‾ ⁄ ⁿ ₣ ₤ ₧ € ℅ ℓ № ™ Ω ℮ ⅛ ⅜ ⅝ ⅞ ← ↑ → ↓ ↔ ↕ ↨ ∂ ∆ ∏ ∑ − ∕ ∙ √ ∞ ∟ ∩ ∫ ≈ ≠ ≡ ≤ ≥ ⌂ ⌐ ⌠ ⌡ ◊ ○ ● ◘ ◙ ◦ ☺ ☻ ☼ ♀ ♂ ♠ ♣ ♥ ♦ ♪ ♫ fi fl
• Line drawing characters: ─ │ ┌ ┐ └ ┘ ├ ┤ ┬ ┴ ┼ ═ ║ ╒ ╓ ╔ ╕ ╖ ╗ ╘ ╙ ╚ ╛ ╜ ╝ ╞ ╟ ╠ ╡ ╢ ╣ ╤ ╥ ╦ ╧ ╨ ╩ ╪ ╫ ╬ ▀ ▄ █ ▌ ▐ ░ ▒ ▓ ■ □ ▪ ▫ ▬ ▲ ► ▼ ◄

3 External links

• WGL4.0 Character Set Specification