What means
A 2×4 tile with cells 2, 4, and 7 filled.
Its eight cells sit in two columns and four rows; lined up, the tiles draw low-resolution pictures in text.
How did octants work on Kaypro?
They let character-only computers draw pixel pictures.
In 1984, Kaypro CP/M computers used 2×4 character cells for graphics. A drawing program called SCS-Draw switched their eight parts on or off to build images.
“Octant” extends “quadrant” (four parts) and “sextant” (six) to eight; Unicode carries the mosaic style into text-mode graphics.
Don't confuse it with
4Questions people ask
1Why does show as a box?
Font support. As of 2026, the Octant Go tool lists Cascadia Code as including these newer octants. Without an octant-supporting font, a missing-character box may appear.
How to type
𜴿\1CD3FCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.