Technical information

Symbol
NameLower seven eighths block
Unicode numberU+2587
CategoryBlock elements
DescriptionThe Unicode character ▇, or U+2587, is known as the "Lower Seven Eighths Block". It belongs to the "Block Elements" block and doesn't fall into a specific named category in the Unicode standard. The character is a rectangular block that fills seven-eighths of the character area. It's typically used in text-based user interfaces, diagrams or graphics, to represent graphical data or to create simple forms and shapes. For example, it could be used in a rudimentary text-based progress bar or chart.

Encoding

HTML Entity▇
HTML Entity (hex)▇
URL Escape Code%E2%96%87
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x96 0x87
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10010110:10000111
UTF-160x2587
UTF-320x00002587

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u2587"
CSS Code\2587
JavaScript"\u2587"
Perl\x{2587}
Python 2u"\u2587"
Python 3\u2587
Ruby\u{2587}

Preview

This Unicode character looks like this ▇ in sentence and in bold like this and in italic like this .

Font size:

12px
16px
20px
28px
36px
48px
72px

CSS Property: font-weight

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HTML Forms and Input

input
disabled input
input-group
select
button
button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#9607;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\2587";
}

The symbol in different fonts

-apple-system
Apple Color Emoji
Arial
BlinkMacSystemFont
Courier New
Georgia
Droid Sans
Helvetica
Noto Sans
Oxygen
Roboto
"Segoe UI"
sans-serif
Segoe UI Emoji
Segoe UI Symbol
system-ui
Times New Roman
Ubuntu
Verdana

References