┑
Box Drawing 18
- Unicode
- U+2511
- Category
- Dingbats
- HTML Entity
- ┑
- CSS
- \2511
The ┑ symbol, officially named Box Drawing Down Light and Left Heavy, is a legacy computing character used to construct top-right corners in text-based interfaces. Originating from early DOS and terminal environments, it connects a thick horizontal line on the left with a thin vertical line pointing down. Today, developers and retro-computing enthusiasts primarily use it to design ASCII art, structure text-based tables, and build terminal user interfaces (TUIs).
How to Type
- Windows
- Alt+9489
- macOS
- Control+Command+Space then search "box drawing"
- Linux
- Ctrl+Shift+U then 2511
- HTML
- ┑
In Programming
Developers use this character in command-line interfaces (CLI) and console applications to render graphical borders, wireframes, and nested menus without relying on external graphical UI libraries.
Tags
ASCII art
CLI
TUI
border
box corner
box drawing
corner
dingbat
heavy
retro computing
table
terminal UI
text art
text-based interface
unicode U+2511
unicode box drawing