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	â–€	Upper half block
U+2581	â–	Lower one eighth block
U+2582	â–‚	Lower one quarter block
U+2583	â–ƒ	Lower three eighths block
U+2584	â–„	Lower half block
U+2585	â–…	Lower five eighths block
U+2586	â–†	Lower three quarters block
U+2587	â–‡	Lower seven eighths block
U+2588	â–ˆ	Full block
U+2589	â–‰	Left seven eighths block
U+258A	â–Š	Left three quarters block
U+258B	â–‹	Left five eighths block
U+258C	â–Œ	Left half block
U+258D	â–	Left three eighths block
U+258E	â–Ž	Left one quarter block
U+258F	â–	Left one eighth block
U+2590	â–	Right half block
U+2591	â–‘	Light shade
U+2592	â–’	Medium shade
U+2593	â–“	Dark shade
U+2594	â–”	Upper one eighth block
U+2595	â–•	Right one eighth block
U+2596	â––	Quadrant lower left
U+2597	â–—	Quadrant lower right
U+2598	â–˜	Quadrant upper left
U+2599	â–™	Quadrant upper left and lower left and lower right
U+259A	â–š	Quadrant upper left and lower right
U+259B	â–›	Quadrant upper left and upper right and lower left
U+259C	â–œ	Quadrant upper left and upper right and lower right
U+259D	â–	Quadrant upper right
U+259E	â–ž	Quadrant upper right and lower left
U+259F	â–Ÿ	Quadrant upper right and lower left and lower right

Font coverage

Font sets like Code2000 and the DejaVu familyâ€”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	â–€	â–	â–‚	â–ƒ	â–„	â–…	â–†	â–‡	â–ˆ	â–‰	â–Š	â–‹	â–Œ	â–	â–Ž	â–
U+259x	â–	â–‘	â–’	â–“	â–”	â–•	â––	â–—	â–˜	â–™	â–š	â–›	â–œ	â–	â–ž	â–Ÿ
Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 8.0

Related symbols

U+220E âˆŽ END OF PROOF in the Mathematical Operators Unicode block.
U+25A0 â– BLACK SQUARE in the Geometric Shapes Unicode block.

References

â†‘ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
â†‘ The Unicode Standard Version 1.0, Volume 1. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc. 1990â€“1991. ISBN 0-201-56788-1.
1 2 "Font Support for Unicode Block 'Block Elements'". Retrieved 2016-03-13.
â†‘ "GNU Unifont Glyphs". Unifoundry.com. Retrieved 2013-11-12.
â†‘ "Mac OS X 10.5 bundled with Arial Unicode MS". Retrieved 2008-09-17.
â†‘ "Common fonts to all versions of Windows & Mac equivalents". Retrieved 2008-09-17.

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