What means
They mark the filled pieces of a 24 cell.
Kaypro’s reverse-video set used byte A5 for this pattern. Kaypro II, a portable computer, was introduced in 1982; reverse video flips light and dark. Quadrant mosaics divide cells into four parts, sextants into six, and octants into eight.
Part of the collection
Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does appear as a box?
It depends on the terminal or font. As of 2026, some terminals draw block mosaics themselves, while others need a font with the glyph. Support varies, so a blank box usually means missing coverage.
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How to type or find
- Search it as
- semigraphics · text grid · terminal art · pixel art · Kaypro graphics · octant mosaic
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𜷐CSS
\1CDD0Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𜷐
HTML hex
𜷐
CSS content
content: "\1CDD0";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9C%B7%90
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.