What means
It fills six of eight pixel cells in one text character. The digits identify the lit positions. This pattern matches Kaypro’s normal character F7; a Kaypro 10 manual from 1983 describes eight-pixel character cells, four high by two wide, for drawing lines and pixels.
Semigraphics use ready-made text characters as small screen areas. A grid of octants can form pictures or dense terminal data marks.
Part of the collection
Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does the octant show as a box?
A font or terminal may lack this glyph and show a replacement mark instead. The text still contains .
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How to type or find
- Search it as
- terminal graphics · text graphics · pixel art · semigraphics · Kaypro graphics · CP/M graphics
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𜶧CSS
\1CDA7Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
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HTML hex
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CSS content
content: "\1CDA7";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9C%B6%A7
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On screen
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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.