This article is about the Unicode block. For the general concept, see box-drawing character.
Unicode character block
Box Drawing
Range
U+2500..U+257F (128 code points)
Plane
BMP
Scripts
Common
Assigned
128 code points
Unused
0 reserved code points
Source standards
Videotex
Unicode version history
1.0.0 (1991)
128 (+128)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
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]
^"Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
^"Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
^"3.8: Block-by-Block Charts" (PDF). The Unicode Standard. version 1.0. Unicode Consortium.
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