What means
The name marks which four of the mosaic’s eight cells are filled. Its grid is two columns by four rows; the selected positions are 1, 2, 6, and 7.
The Kaypro 10, an early home computer, used 2-by-4 text cells as pixels; its 1983 guide shows them drawing screen graphics. Unicode names the eight-cell form “octant,” by analogy with four-part “quadrant” and six-part “sextant” mosaics.
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Questions people ask
1Why does this character appear as a box?
A missing-glyph box means the selected font lacks this character. Cascadia Code added octant support in April 2024, but the app still has to use a font with that glyph.
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How to type or find
- Search it as
- semigraphics · kaypro · pixel · mosaic · terminal art · text graphics
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𜵔CSS
\1CD54HTML
To type this symbol in HTML, enter
𜵔.Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𜵔
HTML hex
𜵔
CSS content
content: "\1CD54";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9C%B5%94
1
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.