# 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