┘
Box Drawing 25
- Unicode
- U+2518
- Category
- Dingbats
- HTML Entity
- ┘
- CSS
- \2518
The "┘" (Box Drawing Light Up And Left) symbol forms the bottom-right corner of a box in text-based designs. Originating from legacy computing systems like MS-DOS, it was created to construct user interfaces, borders, and tables before modern graphical displays became the standard. Today, it remains incredibly useful for formatting command-line interfaces, organizing tabular data in plain text, and designing ASCII art.
How to Type
- Windows
- Alt + 9496 (or Alt + 217 on numeric keypad)
- macOS
- Control + Command + Space, then search "box drawing"
- Linux
- Ctrl + Shift + U, then type 2518 and press Enter
- HTML
- ┘
In Programming
Used extensively in backend development, CLI tools, and terminal output to render clear text-based UI borders, directory trees, and structured data tables.
Tags
ASCII art
CLI
TUI
border
bottom right
bottom right corner
box drawing
corner
dingbat
retro computing
table
tabular data
terminal UI
text art
unicode U+2518
unicode box drawing