╻
Box Drawings Heavy Down
- Unicode
- U+257B
- Category
- Box Drawing
- HTML Entity
- ╻
- CSS
- \257B
The ╻ symbol, formally known as the Box Drawing Heavy Down character, is part of the Unicode Box Drawing block originally used in legacy computing. It was designed to help developers build text-based user interfaces, borders, and grids in environments like MS-DOS where standard graphics weren't available. Today, it remains a staple for formatting command-line interfaces, creating intricate terminal art, and adding a retro aesthetic to plain text documents.
How to Type
- Windows
- Alt+9595
- macOS
- Control+Command+Space then search "box drawing heavy down"
- Linux
- Ctrl+Shift+U then 257b
- HTML
- ╻
In Programming
Developers use this character in text-based user interfaces (TUIs) and command-line applications to draw complex borders and grid structures. It is especially useful for creating thick vertical line segments and prominent visual accents in terminal output.
Tags
CLI
U+257B
ascii art
border
box drawing
command line
dingbat
line segment
thick line
plain text
retro terminal
table
terminal UI
text graphics
unicode
Related Symbols
─
Box Drawings Light Horizontal
━
Box Drawings Heavy Horizontal
│
Box Drawings Light Vertical
┃
Box Drawings Heavy Vertical
┄
Box Drawings Light Triple Dash Horizontal
┅
Box Drawings Heavy Triple Dash Horizontal
┆
Box Drawings Light Triple Dash Vertical
┇
Box Drawings Heavy Triple Dash Vertical
┈
Box Drawings Light Quadruple Dash Horizontal
┉
Box Drawings Heavy Quadruple Dash Horizontal
┊
Box Drawings Light Quadruple Dash Vertical
┋
Box Drawings Heavy Quadruple Dash Vertical