What means
It marks part of a pixel grid inside ordinary text.
An octant splits one on-screen character space into two columns and four rows. The 1983 Kaypro 10 manual describes using those eight areas as pixels; programs combined them to draw in text. Here, the digits mark filled positions 2, 4, 7, and 8.
A 2021 Unicode proposal grouped octants with quadrant and sextant tiles, which split text spaces into four or six areas.
Part of the collection
Questions people ask
1Why does show as an empty square?
Your font may lack this glyph. The Cascadia Code 2404.03 release added octant glyphs for terminal pixel art.
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How to type or find
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- semigraphics · Kaypro graphics · 2×4 graphics · text graphics · terminal art
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𜶵CSS
\1CDB5Word for Windows
Type 1CDB5 in Word, then press AltX; Word converts the hexadecimal code to .
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𜶵
HTML hex
𜶵
CSS content
content: "\1CDB5";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9C%B6%B5
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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.