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Block Elements

FieldValue
blocknameBlock Elements
rangestart2580
rangeend259F
script1Common
symbolsBlock fills
1_0_022
3_210
note

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. Its block name in Unicode 1.0 was Blocks.

Character table

CodeResultDescription
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. Unifont also contains all the glyphs. Among the fonts in widespread use, full implementation is provided by Segoe UI Symbol.

The glyphs in Block Elements each share the same character width in most supported fonts, allowing them to be used graphically in row and column arrangements. However, the block does not contain a space character of its own and ASCII space may or may not render at the same width as Block Elements glyphs, as those characters are intended to be used exclusively for monospaced fonts.

Compact table

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Block Elements block:

VersionCountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
1.0.0U+2580..259522
3.2U+2596..259F10
N2265
N2253

References

References

  1. "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard.
  2. "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard.
  3. "3.8: Block-by-Block Charts". [[Unicode Consortium]].
  4. "Font Support for Unicode Block 'Block Elements'".
  5. "GNU Unifont Glyphs". Unifoundry.com.
  6. "Mac OS X 10.5 bundled with Arial Unicode MS".
  7. "Common fonts to all versions of Windows & Mac equivalents".
  8. Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names
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