┧
Box Drawing 40
- Unicode
- U+2527
- Category
- Dingbats
- HTML Entity
- ┧
- CSS
- \2527
The ┧ symbol, officially named "Box Drawing Down Heavy And Right And Up Light," is a typographical character originally designed for legacy computing and terminal environments. It forms a vertical line intersecting with a right-facing horizontal line, featuring a thick downward stroke paired with thin upward and rightward strokes. Today, developers and ASCII artists use this character to create complex grid structures, text-based user interfaces, and structural borders in monospaced formats.
How to Type
- Windows
- Alt+9511
- macOS
- Control+Command+Space then search "box drawing"
- Linux
- Ctrl+Shift+u then type 2527 and press Enter
- HTML
- ┧ or ┧
In Programming
In programming, this symbol is primarily used in text-mode applications, console outputs, and logging to render visual boundaries, directory trees, or complex table intersections without graphical frameworks.
Tags
ASCII art
CLI grid
T-junction
TUI
border
box drawing
dingbat
down heavy up light
mixed line weight
monospace border
right
right junction
table
terminal UI
text table
unicode U+2527