Block Elements
Block Elements | |
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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 |
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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 | ▌ | 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 | ▜ | 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 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 â– 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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