▦
Geometric Shape 7
- Unicode
- U+25A6
- Category
- Geometric
- HTML Entity
- ▦
- CSS
- \25A6
The ▦ symbol, officially known as the Square with Orthogonal Crosshatch Fill, is a character from the Unicode Geometric Shapes block. It features a square filled with a perpendicular grid pattern, originally used in legacy computing and text-based user interfaces to render shading, textures, or graphical borders. Today, digital artists and designers use it to build creative text dividers, represent woven textures, or serve as a unique bullet point for data and mapping concepts.
How to Type
- Windows
- Alt+9638
- macOS
- Control+Command+Space then search 'crosshatch'
- Linux
- Ctrl+Shift+U then 25A6
- HTML
- ▦
In Programming
In software development and technical documentation, this symbol frequently serves as a mockup character to represent image placeholders, grid systems, or shaded areas in text-based user interfaces (TUIs).
Tags
ASCII crosshatch
crosshatch grid square
crosshatch square
data visualization pattern
decorative bullet point
fill
geometric
grid
grid pattern unicode
pattern
perpendicular grid fill
text divider
woven texture symbol