What means
An octant divides one character cell into eight small blocks.
The suffix names the filled blocks: 4, 6 and 8. Join tiles to draw low-resolution shapes on a text grid.
Which computer used this exact pattern?
Kaypro’s graphics set assigned it code D4.
The Kaypro 10 computer’s 1983 manual describes graphic cells as eight-pixel units in two columns and four rows. These tiles let software draw pictures within text. Unicode’s compatibility mapping preserves the pattern for legacy data and emulation.
A technical tile for terminal mosaics.
As of 2026, emulator support varies; if shows as a box, check the active font or terminal.
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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
- mosaic · semigraphics · kaypro · kaypro graphics · terminal graphics · 2x4 graphics
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𜶖\1CD96Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.