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|blurb='''[[Special:MyLanguage/ASCII|ASCII]]''' is a character encoding standard that features 95 printable characters, limited to the basic Latin alphabet and symbols on the United States keyboard layout. This character set is the basis of several [[Special:MyLanguage/Toki Pona|Toki Pona]] projects, due to its availability compared to specialized keyboards and [[Special:MyLanguage/input method|input method]]s.
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'''ASCII''' ('''American Standard Code for Information Interchange''') is a character encoding standard updated from 1963 to 1986, and a precursor to [[Special:MyLanguage/Unicode|Unicode]].
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ASCII features only 128 codepoints, many of which are {{w|control character}}s, and its 94 {{w|printable character}}s are limited to the {{w|ISO basic Latin alphabet|basic Latin alphabet}} (the 26 letters also comprising the {{w|English alphabet}}) and {{w|Typographical symbol|symbols}} on the {{w|British and American keyboards|United States keyboard layout}}. This character set is the basis of several [[Special:MyLanguage/Toki Pona|Toki Pona]] projects, due to its availability compared to specialized keyboards and [[Special:MyLanguage/input method|input method]]s.
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Multiple Toki Pona [[Special:MyLanguage/writing system|writing system]]s have been based on ASCII.
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{{tp|[[Special:MyLanguage/sitelen akesi|sitelen akesi]]}}
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{{tok|[[Special:MyLanguage/jan Misali|jan Misali]]}}
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==In fonts== <!--T:7-->
===ASCII transcription=== <!--T:8-->
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[[File:Word default no ligatures.tiff|thumb|180px|<translate><!--T:10--> ''ASCII transcription'' works like automatic Latin ligatures, where multiple glyphs are visually substituted with one.</translate>]]
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This feature uses {{w|OpenType}} {{w|Ligature (writing)|ligatures}}. It works in the same way that some Latin-script fonts convert the letters <code>ffi</code> into a ligature that <em>looks</em> like the single glyph <code>ffi</code>, but is actually still 3 underlying characters.
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As a result, when ASCII transcription is used, the underlying characters are still ASCII-compatible instead of being converted to other codepoints. This may or may not be desired. You can confirm the difference by copying the {{w|rich text}} below, and pasting it into a {{w|plain text}} environment such as {{w|Windows Notepad}} or a search bar.
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Fonts with ASCII transcription may help with memorizing words, as the substitution will only occur when the word is spelled correctly, and in logographies (such as {{tp|sitelen pona}}) the resulting glyph often relates to the word's meaning.
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