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Technical information
| Symbol | ░ | |
| Name | Light shade | |
| Unicode number | U+2591 | |
| Category | Shade block characters | |
| Description | The Unicode character ░, or U+2591, is known as the "Light Shade". It belongs to the "Block Elements" block and falls under the "Symbol, Other" category in the Unicode standard. This symbol is a block that is filled with a light or sparse pattern of dots, intended to represent a light shade or tint. It is often used in creating graphics and diagrams in text-based environments, where it can be combined with other block elements to produce varying levels of shading or to fill areas of the screen. |
Encoding
| HTML Entity | ░ | |
| HTML Entity (hex) | ░ | |
| HTML Entity (named) | ░ | |
| URL Escape Code | %E2%96%91 | |
| UTF-8 (hex) | 0xE2 0x96 0x91 | |
| UTF-8 (binary) | 11100010:10010110:10010001 | |
| UTF-16 | 0x2591 | |
| UTF-32 | 0x00002591 |
Source Code
| C, C++, and Java | "\u2591" | |
| CSS Code | \2591 | |
| JavaScript | "\u2591" | |
| Perl | \x{2591} | |
| Python 2 | u"\u2591" | |
| Python 3 | \u2591 | |
| Ruby | \u{2591} |
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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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: "\2591";
}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