┊
Box Drawing 11
- Unicode
- U+250A
- Category
- Dingbats
- HTML Entity
- ┊
- CSS
- \250A
The ┊ symbol, formally known as the Box Drawing Light Quadruple Dash Vertical, originated in early computing to create grid lines and graphical interfaces in text-based terminals. Today, people frequently repurpose it as an aesthetic vertical divider in social media bios, text art, and plain text formatting. Because it consists of four distinct dashes, it provides a softer, stylized alternative to standard solid vertical lines.
How to Type
- Windows
- Alt + 9482
- macOS
- Control + Command + Space then search "Box Drawing"
- Linux
- Ctrl + Shift + U then 250A
- HTML
- ┊
In Programming
Developers use this character in command-line interface (CLI) applications and source code comments to draw formatted tables, directory trees, or visual boundaries in plain text.
Tags
aesthetic separator
bio separator
border
box drawing
dashed vertical line
dingbat
light vertical dash
line
social media divider
table
text art divider
vertical
vertical dashed line
vertical divider unicode