╘
Box Drawing 89
- Unicode
- U+2558
- Category
- Dingbats
- HTML Entity
- ╘
- CSS
- \2558
The ╘ symbol, officially known as Box Drawing Up Single and Right Double, is a legacy computing character originally used to create graphical user interfaces in text-only DOS environments. It serves as the bottom-left corner of a text-based box featuring a double horizontal line and a single vertical line. Today, developers and artists use it to structure tables in command-line outputs or craft intricate ASCII art.
How to Type
- Windows
- Alt+9560 or type 2558 then Alt+X
- macOS
- Control+Command+Space then search 'Box Drawing'
- HTML
- ╘
In Programming
Developers use this character to construct text-based user interfaces (TUIs) and formatted console tables. It functions specifically as the bottom-left corner in terminal outputs that mix single and double-line borders.
Tags
ASCII box corner
HTML entity 9560
MS-DOS character
TUI
border
bottom-left corner
box drawing
dingbat
double line
frame
mixed line box
single vertical double horizontal
table
terminal UI
text border
unicode 2558