┚
Box Drawing 27
- Unicode
- U+251A
- Category
- Dingbats
- HTML Entity
- ┚
- CSS
- \251A
The ┚ symbol, officially known as the Box Drawing Up Heavy And Left Light character, is a typographic glyph used to create the bottom-right corner of a text-based box. It originates from the early days of computing, allowing developers to draw structured menus, grids, and borders directly in text-only terminal environments. Today, it remains popular in ASCII art, retro user interface design, and modern command-line tools to build distinct, visually appealing text layouts.
How to Type
- Windows
- Alt+9498
- macOS
- Control+Command+Space then search "Box Drawing"
- Linux
- Ctrl+Shift+U then type 251a and press Enter
- HTML
- ┚
In Programming
In programming, developers use this character within string literals to render graphical borders for command-line interfaces (CLIs) and console-based dashboards. It is highly useful for coding complex text grids where contrasting line weights help establish visual hierarchy.
Tags
ASCII art
CLI
TUI
border
box drawing
corner
dingbat
heavy
heavy up light left
retro computing
table
terminal UI
text art
unicode U+251A
unicode box drawing