> Windows-1252 is a superset of iso-8859-1 and includes a number of > additional characters. > > <http://czyborra.com/charsets/iso8859.html#CP1252> > > Windows users and their software usually mix in WIN-1252 chars in > iso-8859-1 text. I think of it as their problem more than yours.
It's their mistake, but it's our problem, alas. The Windows machines are ubiquitous, and the broken CP-1252 quotes and such are all over the place. A pity, but a fact of life. -Rob
