What means
It forms a stroke in an oversized terminal letter. HP's 2640 terminal used the large type set for headlines by 1975. Each letter used nine character cells in a three-by-three grid; this piece adds a stem and rightward bar. A 2021 Unicode proposal aimed to preserve old terminal text and help emulators recreate its displays.
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Questions people ask
1Why does show as a box?
It can be a font issue: the font or app may lack this character and show a missing-glyph box. To build a large letter, use a font with all pieces and equal-width cells so their strokes line up.
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How to type or find
- Search it as
- hp · terminal · headline · font
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
macOS
HTML
𜸨CSS
\1CE28Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𜸨
HTML hex
𜸨
CSS content
content: "\1CE28";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9C%B8%A8
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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.