What means
Read it as a filter: the funnel narrows what passes through.
Ohio Scientific code 1E selected this small screen graphic, letting a text screen show simple pictures. The 1978 Challenger manual points owners to a separate character-graphics guide; a 2023 Unicode draft glosses the shape as “filter.”
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.
How to type
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 1CE08, 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 “funnel”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 1ce08, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𜸈CSS
\1CE08HTML
To type U+1CE08 in HTML, use the numeric character reference `𜸈`. The old machine code `1E` belongs to Ohio Scientific's character set; it is not the Unicode value.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𜸈
HTML hex
𜸈
CSS content
content: "\1CE08";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9C%B8%88
1
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.