█
Technical information
| Symbol | █ | |
| Name | Full block | |
| Unicode number | U+2588 | |
| Category | Block elements | |
| Description | The Unicode character █, or U+2588, is known as the "Full Block". It falls under the "Block Elements" block and the "Other Symbol" category in the Unicode standard. This character is typically used in creating graphical displays on a text-based terminal, for drawing diagrams, or for other graphical representation purposes within a text. It appears as a solid rectangle, filling the entire area of a character space. It's also frequently used in progress bars, bar graphs, and other user interface elements where a block of solid color can represent data or status visually. |
Encoding
| HTML Entity | █ | |
| HTML Entity (hex) | █ | |
| HTML Entity (named) | █ | |
| URL Escape Code | %E2%96%88 | |
| UTF-8 (hex) | 0xE2 0x96 0x88 | |
| UTF-8 (binary) | 11100010:10010110:10001000 | |
| UTF-16 | 0x2588 | |
| UTF-32 | 0x00002588 |
Source Code
| C, C++, and Java | "\u2588" | |
| CSS Code | \2588 | |
| JavaScript | "\u2588" | |
| Perl | \x{2588} | |
| Python 2 | u"\u2588" | |
| Python 3 | \u2588 | |
| Ruby | \u{2588} |
Preview
This Unicode character looks like this █ in sentence and in bold like this █ and in italic like this █.
input-group
Font size:
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12px
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16px
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20px
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28px
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36px
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48px
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72px
CSS Property: font-weight
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HTML Forms and Input
input
disabled input
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select
button
button
Code examples in HTML and CSS
<span>█</span>
span {
content: "\2588";
}The symbol in different fonts
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-apple-system
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Apple Color Emoji
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Arial
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BlinkMacSystemFont
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Courier New
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Georgia
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Droid Sans
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Helvetica
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Noto Sans
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Oxygen
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Roboto
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"Segoe UI"
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sans-serif
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Segoe UI Emoji
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Segoe UI Symbol
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system-ui
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Times New Roman
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Ubuntu
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Verdana