☻
Misc Symbol 60
- Unicode
- U+263B
- Category
- Zodiac
- HTML Entity
- ☻
- CSS
- \263B
The ☻ symbol, officially designated as the "Black Smiling Face" in the Unicode standard, features a solid, filled circle with a cutout smiley face design. Predating modern colorful emojis, this character originated in early PC code pages (like DOS CP437) and remains popular for retro text art, vintage computing aesthetics, and simple monochrome design. It serves as a darker, high-contrast alternative to the standard hollow smiley face (☺).
How to Type
- Windows
- Alt+2 (on numeric keypad)
- macOS
- Control+Command+Space then search "Black Smiling Face"
- Linux
- Ctrl+Shift+U then 263b
- HTML
- ☻ or ☻
In Programming
Historically utilized in classic terminal applications, ASCII art, and text-based roguelike games (such as Dwarf Fortress) to represent the player character or friendly entities.
Tags
ASCII art smiley
CP437 smiley
DOS smiley
black face symbol
black smiley
emoticon
filled
filled smiley face
happy face
monochrome smiley
retro computing face
smile
solid circle smile
text art face
vintage PC symbol