What means
It made text cells act as picture tiles.
By 1984, Kaypro II software could switch pixels on and off inside fixed-width text cells. That let a text screen show rough images without a separate graphics mode.
Unicode 16.0 encoded the patterns for exchange. Terminal programs can arrange them into compact pictures when their fonts support octants.
Part of the collection
Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does it show as a box or blank?
The font or terminal may lack the glyph. Unicode 16.0 octants need font support; a missing drawing does not change the text character itself.
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How to type or find
- Search it as
- semigraphics · kaypro · pixel · terminal
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𜴅CSS
\1CD05Microsoft Word for Windows
Type 1CD05, then press AltX to convert it.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𜴅
HTML hex
𜴅
CSS content
content: "\1CD05";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9C%B4%85
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On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.