╺
Box Drawing 123
- Unicode
- U+257A
- Category
- Dingbats
- HTML Entity
- ╺
- CSS
- \257A
The ╺ symbol, officially known as the Box Drawing Heavy Right character, is a thick horizontal line segment extending rightward from a center point. Originating in legacy computing eras like MS-DOS, it was a fundamental building block for constructing text-based user interfaces and terminal graphics. Today, developers and designers still use it for creating ASCII art, formatting command-line outputs, and designing custom text borders.
How to Type
- Windows
- Alt+9594
- macOS
- Control+Command+Space then search "Box Drawing Heavy Right"
- Linux
- Ctrl+Shift+U then 257a
- HTML
- ╺
In Programming
In programming, this character is frequently used in command-line interface (CLI) tools to render file tree hierarchies, progress bars, or robust text-based borders. It serves as a visual starting edge for heavy-weight graphic containers directly within the terminal.
Tags
CLI
MS-DOS
U+257A
ascii art
border
box drawing
command line
dingbat
line segment
retro terminal
table
terminal UI
text graphics
thick line
unicode