# Ventura International

Ventura International (or VENTURA_INT) is an 8-bit character encoding created by Ventura Software for use with Ventura Publisher. 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 (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, but a different encoding.

## Ventura International character set

Ventura International :
| | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F |
| 0x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2x | SP | ! | " | # | $ | % | & | ’ | ( | ) | * | + | , | - | . | / |
| 3x | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | : | ; | < | = | > | ? |
| 4x | @ | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O |
| 5x | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | [ | \ | ] | ^ | _ |
| 6x | ‘ | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o |
| 7x | p | q | r | s | t | u | v | w | x | y | z | { | | | } | ~ | |
| 8x | Ç | ü | é | â | ä | à | å | ç | ê | ë | è | ï | î | ì | Ä | Å |
| 9x | É | æ | Æ | ô | ö | ò | û | ù | ÿ | Ö | Ü | ¢ | £ | ¥ | ¤ | ƒ |
| Ax | á | í | ó | ú | ñ | Ñ | ª | º | ¿ | “ | ” | ‹ | › | ¡ | « | » |
| Bx | ã | õ | Ø | ø | œ | Œ | À | Ã | Õ | § | ‡ | † | ¶ | © | ® | ™ |
| Cx | „ | … | ‰ | • | – | — | ° | Á | Â | È | Ê | Ë | Ì | Í | Î | Ï |
| Dx | Ò | Ó | Ô | Š | š | Ù | Ú | Û | Ÿ | ß | | | | | | |
| Ex | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## PCL Ventura International character set

PCL Ventura International :
| | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F |
| 0x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2x | SP | ! | " | # | $ | % | & | ’ | ( | ) | * | + | , | - | . | / |
| 3x | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | : | ; | < | = | > | ? |
| 4x | @ | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O |
| 5x | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | [ | \ | ] | ^ | _ |
| 6x | ‘ | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o |
| 7x | p | q | r | s | t | u | v | w | x | y | z | { | | | } | ~ | |
| 8x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ax | „ | À | Â | È | Ê | Ë | Î | Ï | © | ® | ™ | ‹ | › | Ù | Û | |
| Bx | ‰ | “ | ” | ° | Ç | ç | Ñ | ñ | ¡ | ¿ | ¤ | £ | ¥ | § | ƒ | ¢ |
| Cx | â | ê | ô | û | á | é | ó | ú | à | è | ò | ù | ä | ë | ö | ü |
| Dx | Å | î | Ø | Æ | å | í | ø | æ | Ä | ì | Ö | Ü | É | ï | ß | Ô |
| Ex | Á | Ã | ã | | | Í | Ì | Ó | Ò | Õ | õ | Š | š | Ú | Ÿ | ÿ |
| Fx | Œ | œ | ¶ | † | ‡ | — | – | | | ª | º | « | • | » | | … |

## Conversion tables

          Ventura International → PCL Ventura International (upper half only; lower half is identical)  _0_1_2_3_4_5_6_7_8_9_A_B_C_D_E_F 8_B4CFC5C0CCC8D4B5C1CDC9DDD1D9D8D0 9_DCD7D3C2CECAC3CBEFDADBBFBBBCBABE A_C4D5C6C7B7B6F9FAB9B1B2ABACB8FBFD B_E2EAD2D6F1F0A1E1E9BDF4F3F2A8A9AA C_A0FFB0FCF6F5B3E0A2A3A4A5E6E5A6A7 D_E8E7DFEBECADEDAEEEDE  E_  F_
          PCL Ventura International → Ventura International (upper half only; lower half is identical)  _0_1_2_3_4_5_6_7_8_9_A_B_C_D_E_F 8_  9_  A_C0B6C8C9CACBCECFBDBEBFABACD5D7  B_C2A9AAC68087A5A4ADA89E9C9DB99F9B C_83889396A082A2A3858A959784899481 D_8F8CB29286A1B3918E8D999A908BD9D2 E_C7B7B0 CDCCD1D0B8B1D3D4D6D898 F_B5B4BCBBBAC5C4 A6A7AEC3AF C1