What means
It is a two-by-four tile for low-resolution text-screen art.
Its name’s 1, 6, 7, and 8 identify the filled parts. Kaypro’s reverse-video character table lists this pattern under hex code AD; reverse video swaps the light and dark shades. The Kaypro 10 guide from 1983 explains the method: choose a block character to draw groups of pixels in a text cell.
Part of the collection
Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does block octant 1678 show as a box?
The font or app lacks a drawing for it. A missing-glyph box can appear even when the text still contains the exact character.
More like this
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How to type or find
- Search it as
- octant · kaypro · semigraphics · mosaic · terminal · block · graphics
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𜷌CSS
\1CDCCMicrosoft Word on Windows
Type
1CDCC, then press Alt+X; Word converts the hexadecimal input to this character. This shortcut was in place by 2021.Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
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HTML hex
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CSS content
content: "\1CDCC";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9C%B7%8C
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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.