Block Elements
| Block Elements | |
|---|---|
| Range |
U+2580..U+259F (32 code points) |
| Plane | BMP |
| Scripts | Common |
| Symbol sets | Block fills |
| Assigned | 32 code points |
| Unused | 0 reserved code points |
| Unicode version history | |
| 1.0.0 | 22 (+22) |
| 3.2 | 32 (+10) |
| Note: [1][2] | |
Block Elements is a Unicode block containing square block symbols of various fill and shading. Used along with block elements are box-drawing characters, shade characters, and terminal graphic characters. These can be used for filling regions of the screen and portraying drop shadows.
Character table
| Code | Result | Description |
|---|---|---|
| U+2580 | ▀ | Upper half block |
| U+2581 | ▁ | Lower one eighth block |
| U+2582 | ▂ | Lower one quarter block |
| U+2583 | ▃ | Lower three eighths block |
| U+2584 | ▄ | Lower half block |
| U+2585 | ▅ | Lower five eighths block |
| U+2586 | ▆ | Lower three quarters block |
| U+2587 | ▇ | Lower seven eighths block |
| U+2588 | █ | Full block |
| U+2589 | ▉ | Left seven eighths block |
| U+258A | ▊ | Left three quarters block |
| U+258B | ▋ | Left five eighths block |
| U+258C | ▌ | Left half block |
| U+258D | ▍ | Left three eighths block |
| U+258E | ▎ | Left one quarter block |
| U+258F | ▏ | Left one eighth block |
| U+2590 | ▐ | Right half block |
| U+2591 | ░ | Light shade |
| U+2592 | ▒ | Medium shade |
| U+2593 | ▓ | Dark shade |
| U+2594 | ▔ | Upper one eighth block |
| U+2595 | ▕ | Right one eighth block |
| U+2596 | ▖ | Quadrant lower left |
| U+2597 | ▗ | Quadrant lower right |
| U+2598 | ▘ | Quadrant upper left |
| U+2599 | ▙ | Quadrant upper left and lower left and lower right |
| U+259A | ▚ | Quadrant upper left and lower right |
| U+259B | ▛ | Quadrant upper left and upper right and lower left |
| U+259C | ▜ | Quadrant upper left and upper right and lower right |
| U+259D | ▝ | Quadrant upper right |
| U+259E | ▞ | Quadrant upper right and lower left |
| U+259F | ▟ | Quadrant upper right and lower left and lower right |
Font coverage
Font sets like Code2000 and the DejaVu family—include coverage for each of the glyphs in the Block Elements range,[3] Unifont also contains all the glyphs.[4] Among the fonts in widespread use,[5][6] full implementation is provided by Segoe UI Symbol and significant partial implementation of this range is provided by Arial Unicode MS and Lucida Sans Unicode, which include coverage for 69% (22 out of 32) and 66% (21 out of 32) of the symbols, respectively.[3]
Compact table
| Block Elements[1] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF) | ||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
| U+258x | ▀ | ▁ | ▂ | ▃ | ▄ | ▅ | ▆ | ▇ | █ | ▉ | ▊ | ▋ | ▌ | ▍ | ▎ | ▏ |
| U+259x | ▐ | ░ | ▒ | ▓ | ▔ | ▕ | ▖ | ▗ | ▘ | ▙ | ▚ | ▛ | ▜ | ▝ | ▞ | ▟ |
Notes
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Related symbols
- U+220E ∎ END OF PROOF in the Mathematical Operators Unicode block.
- U+25A0 ■ BLACK SQUARE in the Geometric Shapes Unicode block.
See also
- Unicode symbols
- Box-drawing character
- Code page 437
- Semigraphics (or pseudographics)
- Tombstone (typography)
References
- ↑ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
- ↑ The Unicode Standard Version 1.0, Volume 1. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc. 1990–1991. ISBN 0-201-56788-1.
- 1 2 "Font Support for Unicode Block 'Block Elements'". Retrieved 2016-03-13.
- ↑ "GNU Unifont Glyphs". Unifoundry.com. Retrieved 2013-11-12.
- ↑ "Mac OS X 10.5 bundled with Arial Unicode MS". Retrieved 2008-09-17.
- ↑ "Common fonts to all versions of Windows & Mac equivalents". Retrieved 2008-09-17.
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