What means
A character grid let text screens draw larger pictures.
Sharp MZ was a home-computer family; its European alternate character set assigned this standing-knight tile byte EC. The MZ-80K launched in 1978.
A 2021 Unicode proposal carried the graphic into a shared text repertoire for preserving old character data and supporting emulators.
Part of the collection
Don't confuse it with
1Combination ideas
1The standing knight from four tiles, arranged as a 22 picture.
Questions people ask
1Is EC a Unicode code?
No. EC is the old Sharp MZ chart slot, not a Unicode input value; the Unicode character has a separate identifier.
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How to type or find
- Search it as
- sharp mz · knight icon · text graphics · retro computer
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
macOS
HTML
𜳔CSS
\1CCD4Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
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HTML hex
𜳔
CSS content
content: "\1CCD4";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9C%B3%94
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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.