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large type piece stem-234

Large Type Piece Stem-234

𜹋 is one stroke in the oversized headline lettering used on Hewlett-Packard (HP) computer terminals; alone, it is not a letter or message. The pieces join to build large letters and numbers.

Text symbol
Search it as
hp terminal · large text · screen headline · hp 2640 · hp 2620 · character rom
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What 𜹋 means

It supplies one stroke of a large letter or number.

For HP terminal headlines, the HP 2640 and 2620 used a dedicated character ROM (read-only memory chip) for oversized lettering. A technical article in Hewlett-Packard Journal describes the optional set in 1979; a terminal manual from 1980 shows it in use.

Unicode preserves these pieces for legacy text conversion, terminal emulators, and text-mode displays. This character’s reading depends on its place in the larger letter or numeral.

Why can it look blank?

Your font may not include its glyph.

Cascadia Code added all 55 large-type pieces in release 2404.03 (2024); a font without this glyph may show a box instead.

Don't confuse it with

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𜸠
Large Type Piece Crossbar With Lower Stem
shares “large”, “piece”, “stem”, “type”
𜸨
Large Type Piece Stem With Right Crossbar
shares “large”, “piece”, “stem”, “type”
𜸩
Large Type Piece Stem
shares “large”, “piece”, “stem”, “type”
𜸶
Large Type Piece Stem With Left Crossbar
shares “large”, “piece”, “stem”, “type”

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 1CE4B, 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 “large type piece stem-234”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 1ce4b, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𜹋
CSS
\1CE4B
GNOME / GTK
In a GNOME or GTK app, press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 1CE4B, then press Space or Enter.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𜹋
HTML hex
𜹋
CSS content
content: "\1CE4B";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9C%B9%8B
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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.

Families this belongs to

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Legacy computing935 symbols

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