What means
It helped build headline-sized letters. The HP 2640 was a computer terminal—a screen and keyboard used to work with a computer—introduced in 1974. By 1979, its optional Large Character Set joined nine adjacent cells in a 3-by-3 grid to form letters three times normal size.
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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
- hp 2640 · hp large character set · large character set · terminal font · headline letters
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𜹏CSS
\1CE4FUnicode hex input
Enter 1CE4F using your editor’s Unicode hex input, if it offers that feature; the HP terminal used its own character-set code.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
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HTML hex
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CSS content
content: "\1CE4F";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9C%B9%8F
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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.