---
name: "latin2ascii"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "python3-pdfminer"
version: "20200726-1"
release: "Debian 11 (Bullseye)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/latin2ascii"
---

# latin2ascii(1)

converts Latin-1 characters into ASCII

## NAME

latin2ascii - converts Latin-1 characters into ASCII

## SYNOPSIS

**latin2ascii** \[*option*...\] *file*...

## DESCRIPTION

**latin2ascii** converts Latin-1 characters into ASCII using an in-house mapping table.

## OPTIONS

- **-c** *codec*

  Specifies input file codec.

## SEE ALSO

[**pdf2txt**(1)](/pdf2txt/1.md)

## AUTHORS

**Daniele Tricoli** \<eriol@mornie.org\>

Wrote this manual page for the Debian system.

**Yusuke Shinyama** \<yusuke@cs.nyu.edu\>

Author of PDFMiner and its original HTML documentation.