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==Unicode== ===Box Drawing=== [[Unicode]] includes 128 such characters in the [[Box Drawing]] block.<ref name="Unicode_BoxDrawing"/> In many Unicode fonts, only the subset that is also available in the [[IBM PC compatible|IBM PC]] character set (see below) will exist, due to it being defined as part of the [[WGL4]] character set. {{Unicode chart Box Drawing}} The image below is provided as a quick reference for these symbols on systems that are unable to display them directly: [[File:Unicode Box Drawings (2500 - 27FF).svg|480px|left]] {{clear}} ===Block Elements=== The [[Block Elements]] Unicode block includes shading characters. 32 characters are included in the block. {{Unicode chart Block Elements}} ===Symbols for Legacy Computing=== In version 13.0, Unicode was extended with another block containing many graphics characters, [[Symbols for Legacy Computing]], which includes a few box-drawing characters and other symbols used by obsolete operating systems (mostly from the 1980s). Few fonts support these characters (one is [[Noto fonts|Noto Sans Symbols 2]]), but the table of symbols is provided here: {{Unicode chart Symbols for Legacy Computing}} The image below is provided as a quick reference for these symbols on systems that are unable to display them directly: [[File:Symbols for Legacy Computing Unicode block.png|480px|left]] {{clear}} ===Symbols for Legacy Computing Supplement=== In version 16.0 (September 2024), Unicode was extended with another block containing many graphics characters, [[Symbols for Legacy Computing Supplement]], which includes a few box-drawing characters and other symbols used by obsolete operating systems (mostly from the 1970s and 1980s). {{Unicode chart Symbols for Legacy Computing Supplement}}
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