Ventura International (or ''VENTURA_INT'') is an 8-bit
character encoding
Character encoding is the process of assigning numbers to graphical character (computing), characters, especially the written characters of human language, allowing them to be stored, transmitted, and transformed using computers. The numerical v ...
created by
Ventura Software for use with
Ventura Publisher
Ventura Publisher was the first popular desktop publishing package for IBM PC compatible computers running the GEM extension to the DOS operating system. The software was originally developed by Ventura Software, a small software company founded ...
.
Ventura International is based on the
GEM character set, but ¢ and ø are swapped and ¥ and Ø are swapped so that it is more similar to
code page 437
Code page 437 ( CCSID 437) is the character set of the original IBM PC (personal computer). It is also known as CP437, OEM-US, OEM 437, PC-8, or MS-DOS Latin US. The set includes all printable ASCII characters as well as some accented letters (di ...
(on which GEM was based, but GEM is more similar to
code page 865 because the placement of Ø and ø in GEM match the placement in code page 865). There is also the PCL Ventura International, which is used for communication with PCL printers. PCL Ventura International is based on
HP Roman-8. Both have the same
character set
Character encoding is the process of assigning numbers to graphical characters, especially the written characters of human language, allowing them to be stored, transmitted, and transformed using computers. The numerical values that make up a c ...
, but a different encoding.
Ventura International character set
PCL Ventura International character set
Conversion tables
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See also
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Ventura Symbol
References
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Character sets