What means
It marks one patch of an old screen picture.
The digits 4678 identify its four filled cells.
How did Kaypro use it?
It provided low-resolution pixel graphics.
A Kaypro 10 guide from May 1983 describes each character cell as eight pixels, two wide by four tall.
A 2021 proposal maps this exact pattern to Kaypro code AB in reverse video.
Part of the collection
Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does show as a box?
The active font may not include it. In April 2024, Microsoft announced support for all 256 octants in Cascadia Code; other fonts can differ. A missing shape changes the display, not the character.
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How to type or find
- Search it as
- kaypro graphics · kaypro character set · 2x4 graphics · semigraphics · pixel blocks
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𜷓CSS
\1CDD3Word for Windows
Enter 1CDD3, then press AltX.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
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HTML hex
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CSS content
content: "\1CDD3";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9C%B7%93
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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.