What means
One text cell acts as a tiny pixel canvas.
Its 2-by-4 grid has eight spots; “15678” names the five filled. Lined up with other octants, it forms larger images.
Semigraphic blocks let home computers imitate pixels in the 1970s and 1980s. In January 1984, a Kaypro 10 manual describes plotting in 2-by-4 text cells and reversing light and dark to reach every pattern; this tile belongs to its reverse graphics set.
Part of the collection
Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find
- Search it as
- octant · Kaypro graphics · terminal art · block mosaic · pixel art
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𜷛CSS
\1CDDBCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𜷛
HTML hex
𜷛
CSS content
content: "\1CDDB";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9C%B7%9B
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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.