What means
Cells 2, 4 and 6 are filled in this two-by-four tile.
An octant is a character cell split into eight small blocks, arranged two across and four down. Put these tiles side by side to sketch larger images in text, where each character cell stands in for a patch of pixels.
A Kaypro II, an early personal computer, had this exact pattern among its standard characters. Its semigraphics—pictures made from filled and empty character cells—let a text screen draw rough images.
Part of the collection
Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does this octant show as a box?
The selected font may not contain this octant. For a terminal mosaic, use a monospaced font with octant coverage so the tile appears and the grid stays aligned.
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How to type or find
- Search it as
- semigraphics · terminal graphics · pixel art · block mosaic · text graphics · Kaypro graphics
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𜴡CSS
\1CD21HTML
In HTML source, use the numeric character reference
𜴡 for this block octant.Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𜴡
HTML hex
𜴡
CSS content
content: "\1CD21";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9C%B4%A1
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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.