╤
Box Drawing 101
- Unicode
- U+2564
- Category
- Dingbats
- HTML Entity
- ╤
- CSS
- \2564
The ╤ symbol, officially known as the "Box Drawing Down Single and Horizontal Double" character, is a text-based graphical element originating from early terminal interfaces. It was primarily used in legacy computing systems like MS-DOS to draw tables, borders, and user interfaces without relying on high-resolution graphics. Today, developers and artists still use it in ASCII art, plain-text charts, and command-line tools to represent a downward-facing T-junction connecting a double horizontal line with a single vertical line.
How to Type
- Windows
- Alt+9572
- macOS
- Control+Command+Space then search "box drawing"
- Linux
- Ctrl+Shift+U then 2564
- HTML
- ╤
In Programming
Programmers use this symbol in command-line interface (CLI) applications and text-based UI libraries like ncurses to render structured tables, menus, and layout grids directly in the terminal.
Tags
ascii art T-junction
border
box drawing
box drawing down single horizontal double
cli formatting
copy paste symbol
dingbat
dos character
double line
down single horizontal double
frame
retro computing
table
terminal table
text ui
top T junction
unicode box character