What means
It fills selected cells in a text-cell mosaic.
An octant splits a text cell into two columns and four rows. Its digits mark filled cells in order: 2, 4, 5, 7, and 8.
Kaypro CP/M computers used these blocks for text graphics in the 1980s. This shape belongs to Kaypro's reverse character set, which swapped foreground and background. A box means your font or terminal cannot draw it; mosaic tiles also need fixed-width cells to line up.
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
- mosaic tile · terminal graphics · text graphics · kaypro
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𜷅CSS
\1CDC5HTML
To type this octant in HTML text, use
𜷅 as a hexadecimal character reference.Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𜷅
HTML hex
𜷅
CSS content
content: "\1CDC5";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9C%B7%85
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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.