Character types

Besides universal types also defines a collection of text types. Most of these types come from the past trying to capture the fragments of long-forgotten technologies.

These character types are all scalars. They are similar to OctetString except that they all operate on text, not bytes.

• NumericString type
• PrintableString type
• TeletexString type
• T61String type
• VideotexString type
• IA5String type
• GraphicString type
• VisibleString type
• ISO646String type
• GeneralString type
• UniversalString type
• BMPString type
• UTF8String type