ISO-8859-1, Windows-1252, and the original 7-bit ASCII were the most common character encodings until 2008 when UTF-8 became more common.
ˈaɪzoʊ ˈeɪt θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti nˈaɪn dˈæʃ wˈʌn, wˈɪndoʊz wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd tˈuːhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti tˈuː, ænd ðɪ ɚɹˈɪdʒɪnəl sˈɛvənbˈɪt ˈæski wɜː ðə mˈoʊst kˈɑːmən kˈæɹɪktɚɹ ɛŋkˈoʊdɪŋz ʌntˈɪl tˈuː θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪt wɛn jˌuːtˌiːˈɛf ˈeɪt bɪkˌeɪm mˈoːɹ kˈɑːmən.