logograms, box-drawing characters, etc.

The biggest problem for computer users around the world was the needs of their local alphabets. ASCII's English alphabet almost accommodates European languages, if accented letters are written without accents or two-character approximations, such as for , are used. Modified local variants of 7-bit ASCII appeared promptly, trading some lesser-used symbols for highly desired symbols or letters, such as replacing with on UK Teletypes,