┉
Box Drawing 10
- Unicode
- U+2509
- Category
- Dingbats
- HTML Entity
- ┉
- CSS
- \2509
The ┉ (Box Drawing Light Quadruple Dash Horizontal) symbol belongs to the Unicode Box Drawing block, which originated in early text-based computing. It represents a thin, horizontal border line broken into four distinct dashes. Today, developers and typography enthusiasts use it to design terminal interfaces, craft ASCII art, or create custom dividers in plain-text documents.
How to Type
- Windows
- Alt+9480
- macOS
- Control+Command+Space then search 'box drawing'
- Linux
- Ctrl+Shift+U then 2508
- HTML
- ┈
In Programming
Commonly used in command-line interface (CLI) applications and terminal output to render horizontal table borders, separate log entries, or build text-based user interfaces.
Tags
ASCII art line
bold dashed horizontal
border
box drawing
dingbat
heavy
heavy dashed line
heavy quadruple dash
horizontal
terminal UI
text divider
thick horizontal divider
unicode box drawing