╋
Box Drawing 76
- Unicode
- U+254B
- Category
- Dingbats
- HTML Entity
- ╋
- CSS
- \254B
The heavy vertical and horizontal box drawing symbol (╋) is a structural character designed to form four-way intersections in text-based grids and tables. Originating from legacy computing systems like MS-DOS and early terminal interfaces, it allowed developers to build graphical layouts using only plain text. Today, it remains popular in ASCII art, command-line tools, and retro typography to map out thick grid lines.
How to Type
- Windows
- Alt+9547
- macOS
- Control+Command+Space, then search 'box drawings heavy vertical'
- Linux
- Ctrl+Shift+U, then type 254b and press Enter
- HTML
- ╋
In Programming
In software development, this symbol is frequently utilized within terminal applications and command-line interfaces (CLIs) to render visually distinct, heavy-bordered tables and directory trees.
Tags
CLI
TUI
all heavy lines
ascii art
bold box drawing
border
box drawing
command line
cross
dingbat
full heavy cross
intersection
monospace
retro computing
table
terminal ui
text graphics
thick grid intersection
unicode box drawing