┶
Box Drawing 55
- Unicode
- U+2536
- Category
- Dingbats
- HTML Entity
- ┶
- CSS
- \2536
The ┶ symbol, officially known as Box Drawing Up Light And Right Down Heavy, is a specialized text character originally used to build tables and grids in terminal environments. Originating from the era of MS-DOS and bulletin board systems (BBS), it forms a right-facing T-junction with mixed line weights. Today, developers and ANSI artists use it to craft retro-style graphical text interfaces and command-line borders.
How to Type
- Windows
- Alt+9526
- macOS
- Control+Command+Space then search "box drawing"
- Linux
- Ctrl+Shift+U then 2536
- HTML
- ┶
In Programming
Developers use this symbol in command-line interfaces (CLI) and text-based outputs to render structured UI borders, structural directory trees, or complex data tables directly in the console.
Tags
ANSI art character
BBS terminal character
CLI right T-junction
MS-DOS border
U+2536
border
bottom
box drawing
box drawing up light and right heavy
dingbat
mixed weight right junction
retro computing text
t-junction
table
unicode 2536
unicode box drawing
up light right heavy