Box Drawing Explained

Blockname:	Box Drawing
Rangestart:	2500
Rangeend:	257F
Script1:	Common
1 0 0:	128
Sources:	Videotex
Note:	^[1] ^[2]

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.^[3]

Block

See also

• Box-drawing characters
• Code page 437
• Dingbat
• Semigraphics (or pseudographics)
• other Unicode blocks
  • Block Elements
  • Geometric Shapes
  • Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms
  • Symbols for Legacy Computing

References

Notes and References

1. Web site: Unicode character database. The Unicode Standard. 2023-07-26.
2. Web site: Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard. The Unicode Standard. 2023-07-26.
3. Web site: 3.8: Block-by-Block Charts . The Unicode Standard . version 1.0 . Unicode Consortium.