What means
It is a two-part tile for text-grid graphics.
An octant splits a character cell into two columns and four rows; “25” names its filled parts. Nearby tiles make terminal pixel art and compact charts.
What did this block do on a Kaypro?
It helped Kaypro users draw pictures on a text screen.
In the early 1980s, Kaypro semigraphics used this exact pattern to draw pictures inside text cells. Semigraphics use block characters as pixels.
Why might a terminal fail to show it?
The font or emulator may lack octant support.
As of 2026, terminal emulators vary in support for supplementary octants. Without this glyph in either the font or terminal renderer, a missing-character box may appear.
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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
- semigraphics · kaypro graphics · terminal pixel art
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𜴋\1CD0BCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.