┨
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