Box Drawing 41

Unicode
U+2528
Category
Dingbats
HTML Entity
┨
CSS
\2528
The ┨ symbol, formally known as the Box Drawing Vertical Heavy And Left Light character, is a legacy computing glyph used to create structured text-based user interfaces. Originating in early terminal environments and DOS systems, it acts as a right-side T-junction connecting a thick vertical border with a thin horizontal line pointing left. Today, developers and digital artists still use it for terminal graphics, ASCII art, and drawing clean grids in plain text documents.

How to Type

Windows
Alt + 9512 (numeric keypad) or type 2528 then Alt + X
macOS
Option + 2528 (with Unicode Hex Input) or Control + Command + Space and search "Box Drawing"
Linux
Ctrl + Shift + U then type 2528 and press Enter
HTML
┨

In Programming

Extensively used in command-line interfaces (CLIs) and terminal applications to draw decorative tables, nested menus, and structural borders directly in console output.

Tags

ASCII art CLI border T-junction right TUI border box drawing dingbat heavy vertical light horizontal monospace layout right t-junction table terminal UI text table unicode U+2528 vertical heavy left light

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