ISO/IEC 8859的这一部分规定了一组146 标识为拉丁文/阿拉伯文的编码图形字符 字母表。 这组编码图形字符用于 用于数据和文本处理应用以及 也用于信息交换。 该集合包含用于 典型办公室中的通用应用 至少使用以下语言的环境: 阿拉伯语、英语和拉丁语。 这个集合中的一些字符正在组合 字符（见第6条）。 该组编码图形字符可以是 被视为8位代码的一个版本，根据 ISO/IEC 2022或ISO/IEC 4873 1级。 ISO/IEC 8859的这一部分不得用于 与ISO/IEC 8859的任何其他部分结合。 如果来自多个部分的编码字符是 通过代码扩展的方式一起使用 技术，等效编码字符集 应在ISO/IEC 10367中使用 ISO/IEC 4873的2级或3级版本。 此集合中的编码字符可用于 结合选定的编码控制功能 来自ISO/IEC 6429。然而，控制功能是 不用于创建复合图形符号 两个或多个图形字符（见第6条）。 笔记？ISO/IEC 8859不适用于 ITU-T定义的远程信息处理服务。如果信息被编码 根据ISO/IEC 8859将被转移到这样的 服务，它必须符合 接入点的那些服务。

This part of ISO/IEC 8859 specifies a set of 146 coded graphic characters identified as Latin/Arabic alphabet. This set of coded graphic characters is intended for use in data and text processing applications and also for information interchange. The set contains graphic characters used for general purpose applications in typical office environments in at least the following languages: Arabic, English and Latin. Some of the characters in this set are combining characters (see clause 6). This set of coded graphic characters may be regarded as a version of an 8-bit code according to ISO/IEC 2022 or ISO/IEC 4873 at level 1. This part of ISO/IEC 8859 may not be used in conjunction with any other parts of ISO/IEC 8859. If coded characters from more than one part are to be used together, by means of code extension techniques, the equivalent coded character sets from ISO/IEC 10367 should be used instead within a version of ISO/IEC 4873 at level 2 or level 3. The coded characters in this set may be used in conjunction with coded control functions selected from ISO/IEC 6429. However, control functions are not used to create composite graphic symbols from two or more graphic characters (see clause 6). NOTE ? ISO/IEC 8859 is not intended for use with Telematic services defined by ITU-T. If information coded according to ISO/IEC 8859 is to be transferred to such services, it will have to conform to the requirements of those services at the access-point.