What means
Each character cell could stand for eight screen pixels.
On a Kaypro, the matching character was reverse-video byte B1, with its dark and light areas swapped. Kaypro’s 1984 manual describes a 160100 graphics screen. Unicode encoded the pattern so legacy text and emulators could preserve it.
Part of the collection
Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does show as a box?
Your font may not contain the glyph. Cascadia Code added octant support in its 2404.03 release; coverage depends on the selected font.
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How to type or find
- Search it as
- kaypro · pixel graphics · semigraphics · retro computer · terminal graphics · 2×4 grid
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𜶸CSS
\1CDB8JavaScript
In JavaScript, use the code-point escape \u{1CDB8}; the four-digit \uXXXX form needs a surrogate pair.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𜶸
HTML hex
𜶸
CSS content
content: "\1CDB8";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9C%B6%B8
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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.