What means
It fills part of a character cell used for text graphics.
One text position splits into eight areas. The digits 2, 3, 7, and 8 mark this pattern's filled parts; neighboring tiles form a larger image.
Kaypro home computers running CP/M, an operating system, used these blocks like pixels; graphics could be saved in text files. They extend earlier quadrants and sextants . Terminal charts can use octants for compact plots.
Part of the collection
Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does it show as a box on my screen?
Your font or terminal lacks octant support, so it shows a replacement glyph instead of the block pattern.
More like this
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How to type or find
- Search it as
- octant · terminal graphics · text graphics · semigraphics · 2×4 block
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𜶱CSS
\1CDB1Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𜶱
HTML hex
𜶱
CSS content
content: "\1CDB1";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9C%B6%B1
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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.