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Block Elements
RangeU+2580..U+259F
(32 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsCommon
Symbol setsBlock fills
Assigned32 code points
Unused0 reserved code points
Unicode version history
1.0.0 (1991)22 (+22)
3.2 (2002)32 (+10)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

Block Elements is a Unicode block containing square block symbols of various fill and shading. Used along with block elements are box-drawing characters, shade characters, and terminal graphic characters. These can be used for filling regions of the screen and portraying drop shadows.

Character table

Code Result Description
U+2580 ▀ Upper half block
U+2581 ▁ Lower one eighth block
U+2582 ▂ Lower one quarter block
U+2583 ▃ Lower three eighths block
U+2584 ▄ Lower half block
U+2585 ▅ Lower five eighths block
U+2586 ▆ Lower three quarters block
U+2587 ▇ Lower seven eighths block
U+2588 █ Full block
U+2589 ▉ Left seven eighths block
U+258A ▊ Left three quarters block
U+258B ▋ Left five eighths block
U+258C ▌ Left half block
U+258D ▍ Left three eighths block
U+258E ▎ Left one quarter block
U+258F ▏ Left one eighth block
U+2590 ▐ Right half block
U+2591 ░ Light shade
U+2592 ▒ Medium shade
U+2593 ▓ Dark shade
U+2594 ▔ Upper one eighth block
U+2595 ▕ Right one eighth block
U+2596 ▖ Quadrant lower left
U+2597 ▗ Quadrant lower right
U+2598 ▘ Quadrant upper left
U+2599 ▙ Quadrant upper left and lower left and lower right
U+259A ▚ Quadrant upper left and lower right
U+259B ▛ Quadrant upper left and upper right and lower left
U+259C ▜ Quadrant upper left and upper right and lower right
U+259D ▝ Quadrant upper right
U+259E ▞ Quadrant upper right and lower left
U+259F ▟ Quadrant upper right and lower left and lower right

Font coverage

Font sets like Code2000 and the DejaVu family—include coverage for each of the glyphs in the Block Elements range,[3] Unifont also contains all the glyphs.[4] Among the fonts in widespread use,[5][6] full implementation is provided by Segoe UI Symbol and significant partial implementation of this range is provided by Arial Unicode MS and Lucida Sans Unicode, which include coverage for 69% (22 out of 32) and 66% (21 out of 32) of the symbols, respectively.[3]

Compact table

Block Elements[1]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+258x ▀ ▁ ▂ ▃ ▄ ▅ ▆ ▇ █ ▉ ▊ ▋ ▌ ▍ ▎ ▏
U+259x ▐ ░ ▒ ▓ ▔ ▕ ▖ ▗ ▘ ▙ ▚ ▛ ▜ ▝ ▞ ▟
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0
  • U+220E ∎ END OF PROOF in the Mathematical Operators Unicode block.
  • U+25A0 ■ BLACK SQUARE in the Geometric Shapes Unicode block.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  2. ^ The Unicode Standard Version 1.0, Volume 1. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc. 1990–1991. ISBN 0-201-56788-1.
  3. ^ a b "Font Support for Unicode Block 'Block Elements'". Retrieved 2016-03-13.
  4. ^ "GNU Unifont Glyphs". Unifoundry.com. Retrieved 2013-11-12.
  5. ^ "Mac OS X 10.5 bundled with Arial Unicode MS". Retrieved 2008-09-17.
  6. ^ "Common fonts to all versions of Windows & Mac equivalents". Retrieved 2008-09-17.
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