What means
It is one patch inside a character-sized picture.
An octant divides a text cell into eight blocks, in two columns and four rows. The digits 3, 6 and 8 identify the filled cells; adjacent tiles can join into rough shapes.
A 1983 guide for the Kaypro 10 home computer describes eight on/off pixels per character cell for plotting lines. Unicode preserves each tile so old text can be converted without losing its graphics.
Part of the collection
Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does Block Octant-368 show as a box?
A missing-glyph box. If your font or app lacks , it may show a square or blank. A font with the character can display the tile.
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How to type or find
- Search it as
- octant · semigraphics · pseudographics · mosaic · pixel · kaypro
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𜶓CSS
\1CD93Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𜶓
HTML hex
𜶓
CSS content
content: "\1CD93";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9C%B6%93
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On screen
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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.