1 2.. _type.char: 3 4Character types 5--------------- 6 7Besides :ref:`universal types <type.univ>` also defines a collection 8of text types. Most of these types come from the past trying to capture 9the fragments of long-forgotten technologies. 10 11These *character* types are all scalars. They are similar to 12:ref:`OctetString <univ.OctetString>` except that they all operate on 13text, not bytes. 14 15.. toctree:: 16 :maxdepth: 2 17 18 /pyasn1/type/char/numericstring 19 /pyasn1/type/char/printablestring 20 /pyasn1/type/char/teletexstring 21 /pyasn1/type/char/t61string 22 /pyasn1/type/char/videotexstring 23 /pyasn1/type/char/ia5string 24 /pyasn1/type/char/graphicstring 25 /pyasn1/type/char/visiblestring 26 /pyasn1/type/char/iso646string 27 /pyasn1/type/char/generalstring 28 /pyasn1/type/char/universalstring 29 /pyasn1/type/char/bmpstring 30 /pyasn1/type/char/utf8string 31