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1. ^ As of Unicode version 16.0 Template documentation [ view ] [ edit ] [ history ] [ purge ] {{ Unicode chart Box Drawing }} provides a list of Unicode code points in the Box Drawing block.
Box-drawing characters, also known as line-drawing characters, are a form of semigraphics widely used in text user interfaces to draw various geometric frames and boxes. These characters are characterized by being designed to be connected horizontally and/or vertically with adjacent characters, which requires proper alignment.
{{subst:Box Drawings Heavy Vertical}} or {{subst:U2503}} inserts the Unicode box-drawing character ┃ ("box drawings heavy vertical"). In typical fonts, this has more whitespace around it than an ASCII vertical bar (a┃b vs. a|b) and is slightly taller. It may be used as a visual separator between items, e.g. inside a table or a template.
Box Drawing is a Unicode block containing characters for compatibility with legacy graphics standards that contained characters for making bordered charts and tables, i.e. box-drawing characters. Its block name in Unicode 1.0 was Form and Chart Components .
Template documentation {{ Unicode chart Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs }} provides a table listing the characters in the Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs block of Unicode. The display can be changed to show only rows containing emoticons using an optional parameter.
Many Unicode blocks deal with foreign-language scripts, which look best with font support. The parameter |wrapper= can be used to designate another template to wrap each character cell of the table in, such as {{Script/Arabic}} or {{Bo-textonly}} {
{{subst:Box Drawings Light Vertical}} or {{subst:U2502}} inserts the Unicode box-drawing character │ ("box drawings light vertical"). In typical fonts, this has more whitespace around it than an ASCII vertical bar (a│b vs. a|b) and is slightly taller. It may be used as a visual separator between items, e.g. inside a table or a template.
Box-drawing characters; Dingbat; Tombstone, the end of proof character; Other Unicode blocks Box Drawing; Block Elements; Geometric Shapes Extended; Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms; Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows (Unicode block) includes more geometric shapes; Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs (Unicode block) includes several geometric ...