Technical information

Symbol
NameWhite vertical rectangle
Unicode numberU+25AF
CategoryRectangles
DescriptionThe Unicode character "▯", or U+25AF, is known as the "White Vertical Rectangle". It falls under the "Geometric Shapes" block and is categorized under the "Symbol, Other" category in the Unicode standard. This character is a geometric shape and is typically used for a variety of purposes including design, user interface elements, and art, depending on the context. Its vertical orientation distinguishes it from other similar characters like the "White Square" or "White Horizontal Rectangle".

Encoding

HTML Entity▯
HTML Entity (hex)▯
URL Escape Code%E2%96%AF
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x96 0xAF
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10010110:10101111
UTF-160x25AF
UTF-320x000025AF

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u25AF"
CSS Code\25AF
JavaScript"\u25AF"
Perl\x{25AF}
Python 2u"\u25AF"
Python 3\u25AF
Ruby\u{25AF}

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>&#9647;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\25AF";
}

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