What means
It labels one pattern of filled cells.
“Octant” means a character cell divided into eight parts; “148” names the occupied parts, not a quantity.
How did Kaypro use octant graphics?
It turned text cells into tiny on/off pixels.
A 1983 manual for the Kaypro 10, an early personal computer, shows how its two-column, four-row grid made text graphics. Joining tiles let programs draw larger images; this is semigraphics. Unicode preserves the patterns for old-data compatibility.
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Questions people ask
1Why is this symbol an empty box?
If your font lacks the glyph, an app may show a missing-character box; the text can still contain the intended symbol.
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How to type or find
- Search it as
- kaypro · cp/m · pixel · mosaic · semigraphics
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𜵹CSS
\1CD79Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𜵹
HTML hex
𜵹
CSS content
content: "\1CD79";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9C%B5%B9
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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.