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box drawings double vertical

Double Vertical Box-Drawing Line

║ is a double-stroke vertical rule for text layouts, used to mark a boundary. In Visual Studio Code's terminal, Box Drawing characters can be rendered separately from the configured font as of 2026.

Text symbol
Search it as
double line divider · text divider · box border · text box border · table border · terminal border
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What ║ means

Use it to divide columns or draw a frame's vertical edge. In command-line output or a code comment, it can mark the edge of a text diagram.

The box-drawing family grew from multiple national, vendor, and terminal standards in use before 1990, including IBM PC graphics and Videotex, a service for displaying information on terminals. A November, 1988 Videotex recommendation distinguished light and heavy line weights.

A double-rule frame stays continuous only when adjoining pieces have matching line weights.

Technical or diagrammatic in layouts; decorative when drawn on its own.

What it means when someone sends it to you

2 readings
Between two text columns
A double rule divides the columns.
Along a framed text block
It supplies the box's vertical side.

Don't confuse it with

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╎
Box Drawings Light Double Dash Vertical
shares “box”, “double”, “drawings”, “vertical”
╏
Box Drawings Heavy Double Dash Vertical
shares “box”, “double”, “drawings”, “vertical”
╞
Box Drawings Vertical Single And Right Double
shares “box”, “double”, “drawings”, “vertical”
╟
Box Drawings Vertical Double And Right Single
shares “box”, “double”, “drawings”, “vertical”

Questions people ask

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Why 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.

How to type ║

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 2551, then Alt+X to get ║.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “box drawings double vertical”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 2551, then Enter or Space.
HTML
║
CSS
\2551
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
║
HTML hex
║
CSS content
content: "\2551";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%95%91
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On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

Families this belongs to

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