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{{Infobox Unicode block
|blockname = Block Elements
|rangestart = 2580
|rangeend = 259F
|script1 = [[Script (Unicode)#Special script property values|Common]]
|symbols = Block fills
|1_0_0 = 22
|3_2 = 10
|note = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/ucd/|title=Unicode character database|work=The Unicode Standard|access-date=2023-07-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/versions/enumeratedversions.html|title=Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard|work=The Unicode Standard|access-date=2023-07-26}}</ref>
}}
'''Block Elements''' is a [[Unicode block]] containing square block symbols of various fill and shading. Used along with block elements are [[box-drawing character]]s, shade characters, and terminal graphic characters. These can be used for filling regions of the screen and portraying [[drop shadow]]s. Its block name in Unicode 1.0 was '''Blocks'''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode1.0.0/CodeCharts2.pdf |work=The Unicode Standard |version=version 1.0 |title=3.8: Block-by-Block Charts |publisher=[[Unicode Consortium]]}}</ref>

== Character table ==
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible"
!Code
!Result
!Description
|-
|U+2580
|▀
|Upper half block
|-
|U+2581
|▁
|Lower one eighth block
|-
|U+2582
|▂
|Lower one quarter block
|-
|U+2583
|▃
|Lower three eighths block
|-
|U+2584
|▄
|Lower half block
|-
|U+2585
|▅
|Lower five eighths block
|-
|U+2586
|▆
|Lower three quarters block
|-
|U+2587
|▇
|Lower seven eighths block
|-
|U+2588
|█
|Full block
|-
|U+2589
|▉
|Left seven eighths block
|-
|U+258A
|▊
|Left three quarters block
|-
|U+258B
|▋
|Left five eighths block
|-
|U+258C
|▌
|Left half block
|-
|U+258D
|▍
|Left three eighths block
|-
|U+258E
|▎
|Left one quarter block
|-
|U+258F
|▏
|Left one eighth block
|-
|U+2590
|▐
|Right half block
|-
|U+2591
|░
|Light shade
|-
|U+2592
|▒
|Medium shade
|-
|U+2593
|▓
|Dark shade
|-
|U+2594
|▔
|Upper one eighth block
|-
|U+2595
|▕
|Right one eighth block
|-
|U+2596
|▖
|Quadrant lower left
|-
|U+2597
|▗
|Quadrant lower right
|-
|U+2598
|▘
|Quadrant upper left
|-
|U+2599
|▙
|Quadrant upper left and lower left and lower right
|-
|U+259A
|▚
|Quadrant upper left and lower right
|-
|U+259B
|▛
|Quadrant upper left and upper right and lower left
|-
|U+259C
|▜
|Quadrant upper left and upper right and lower right
|-
|U+259D
|▝
|Quadrant upper right
|-
|U+259E
|▞
|Quadrant upper right and lower left
|-
|U+259F
|▟
|Quadrant upper right and lower left and lower right
|}
==Font coverage==
[[Font]] sets like [[Code2000]] and the [[DejaVu fonts|DejaVu]] family include coverage for each of the glyphs in the Block Elements range.<ref name="fileinfo">{{cite web | url=https://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/block/block_elements/fontsupport.htm | title=Font Support for Unicode Block 'Block Elements' | access-date=2016-03-13}}</ref> [[GNU Unifont|Unifont]] also contains all the glyphs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://unifoundry.com/unifont.html |title=GNU Unifont Glyphs |publisher=Unifoundry.com |access-date=2013-11-12}}</ref> Among the fonts in widespread use,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.fonts.com.hk/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=246 | title=Mac OS X 10.5 bundled with Arial Unicode MS | access-date=2008-09-17 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130107171616/http://www.fonts.com.hk/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=246 | archive-date=2013-01-07 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ampsoft.net/webdesign-l/WindowsMacFonts.html | title=Common fonts to all versions of Windows & Mac equivalents | access-date=2008-09-17}}</ref> full implementation is provided by [[Segoe UI Symbol]].<ref name="fileinfo" />

The glyphs in Block Elements each share the same character width in most supported fonts, allowing them to be used graphically in row and column arrangements. However, the block does not contain a space character of its own and ASCII space may or may not render at the same width as Block Elements glyphs, as those characters are intended to be used exclusively for [[monospaced fonts]].

== Compact table ==
{{Unicode chart Block Elements}}

==History==
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Block Elements block:

{{sticky header}}
{| class="wikitable sticky-header"
|-
! [[Unicode#Versions|Version]] !! {{nobr|Final code points<ref group=lower-alpha name=final/>}} !! Count !! [[International Committee for Information Technology Standards|L2]] ID !! [[ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2|WG2]] ID !! Document
|-
| 1.0.0 || U+2580..2595 || 22 || || || (to be determined)
|-
| rowspan="4" | 3.2 || rowspan="4" | U+2596..259F || rowspan="4" | 10 || {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2000/00159-ucsterminal.txt L2/00-159]}} || || {{Citation|title=Supplemental Terminal Graphics for Unicode|date=2000-03-31|first=Frank|last=da Cruz}}
|-
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2000/00115.htm L2/00-115R2]}} || || {{Citation|title=Minutes Of UTC Meeting #83|date=2000-08-08|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=Motion 83-M24}}
|-
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2000/00329-TerminalSumForm.pdf L2/00-329]}} || [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2265.doc N2265] || {{Citation|title=Proposal for Terminal Graphic Symbols in the BMP|date=2000-09-19|first=Ken|last=Whistler}}
|-
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2001/01050-n2353.pdf L2/01-050]}} || [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2253.pdf N2253] || {{Citation|title=Minutes of the SC2/WG2 meeting in Athens, September 2000|date=2001-01-21|first=V. S.|last=Umamaheswaran|section=Resolution M39.20 (Terminal Graphic Symbols)}}
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan="6" | {{reflist|group=lower-alpha|refs=<ref name=final>Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names</ref>}}
|}

== Related symbols ==
* {{unichar|220E|End of Proof}} in the [[Mathematical Operators]] Unicode block.
* {{unichar|25A0|Black square}} in the [[Geometric Shapes (Unicode block)|Geometric Shapes]] Unicode block.

== See also ==

* [[Box-drawing characters]]
* [[Code page 437]], the character set of the original IBM PC
* [[Dingbat]]
* [[Semigraphics]] (or pseudographics)
* [[Tombstone (typography)]]
* other Unicode blocks
** [[Box Drawing]]
** [[Geometric Shapes (Unicode block)|Geometric Shapes]]
** [[Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms (Unicode block)|Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms]]
** [[Symbols for Legacy Computing]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Unicode blocks]]

Block Elements - Revision history

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