What means
Five of the tile’s eight cells are filled. An octant mosaic splits a text cell into two columns and four rows; 14568 names the filled cells. Place neighboring tiles in a monospaced font so their edges align into one picture.
Kaypro microcomputers running CP/M could include octant blocks in text files. The filled and blank parts let programs sketch simple pictures even on displays that could not draw individual pixels directly. The same grid suits terminal art, where each cell can act like a small pixel.
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Questions people ask
1Why does this octant show as a box?
Your selected font may lack the glyph; Cascadia Code 2404.03 includes all 256 octant patterns.
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How to type or find
- Search it as
- semigraphics · terminal graphics · text graphics · mosaic character · pixel art
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𜶥CSS
\1CDA5Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
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HTML hex
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CSS content
content: "\1CDA5";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9C%B6%A5
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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.