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Geometric Shapes (Unicode block)
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Geometric Shapes is a Unicode block of 96 symbols at code point range U+25A0–25FF.
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Font coverage
Font sets like Code2000 and the DejaVu family include coverage for each of the glyphs in the Geometric Shapes range.[4] Unifont also contains all the glyphs.[5] Among the fonts in widespread use,[6][7] full implementation is provided by Segoe UI Symbol and significant partial implementation of this range is provided by Arial Unicode MS and Lucida Sans Unicode, which include coverage for 83% (80 out of 96) and 82% (79 out of 96) of the symbols, respectively.[4]
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Geometric Shapes[1] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF) | ||||||||||||||||
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
U+25Ax | ■ | □ | ▢ | ▣ | ▤ | ▥ | ▦ | ▧ | ▨ | ▩ | ▪ | ▫ | ▬ | ▭ | ▮ | ▯ |
U+25Bx | ▰ | ▱ | ▲ | △ | ▴ | ▵ | ▶ | ▷ | ▸ | ▹ | ► | ▻ | ▼ | ▽ | ▾ | ▿ |
U+25Cx | ◀ | ◁ | ◂ | ◃ | ◄ | ◅ | ◆ | ◇ | ◈ | ◉ | ◊ | ○ | ◌ | ◍ | ◎ | ● |
U+25Dx | ◐ | ◑ | ◒ | ◓ | ◔ | ◕ | ◖ | ◗ | ◘ | ◙ | ◚ | ◛ | ◜ | ◝ | ◞ | ◟ |
U+25Ex | ◠ | ◡ | ◢ | ◣ | ◤ | ◥ | ◦ | ◧ | ◨ | ◩ | ◪ | ◫ | ◬ | ◭ | ◮ | ◯ |
U+25Fx | ◰ | ◱ | ◲ | ◳ | ◴ | ◵ | ◶ | ◷ | ◸ | ◹ | ◺ | ◻ | ◼ | ◽ | ◾ | ◿ |
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Emoji
The Geometric Shapes block contains eight emoji: U+25AA–U+25AB, U+25B6, U+25C0 and U+25FB–U+25FE.[8][9]
The block has sixteen standardized variants defined to specify emoji-style (U+FE0F VS16) or text presentation (U+FE0E VS15) for the eight emoji.[10]
U+ | 25AA | 25AB | 25B6 | 25C0 | 25FB | 25FC | 25FD | 25FE |
default presentation | text | text | text | text | text | text | emoji | emoji |
base code point | ▪ | ▫ | ▶ | ◀ | ◻ | ◼ | ◽ | ◾ |
base+VS15 (text) | ▪︎ | ▫︎ | ▶︎ | ◀︎ | ◻︎ | ◼︎ | ◽︎ | ◾︎ |
base+VS16 (emoji) | ▪️ | ▫️ | ▶️ | ◀️ | ◻️ | ◼️ | ◽️ | ◾️ |
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The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Geometric Shapes block:
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See also
- Box-drawing characters
- Dingbat
- Tombstone, the end of proof character
- Other Unicode blocks
- Box Drawing
- Block Elements
- Geometric Shapes Extended
- Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms
- Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows (Unicode block) includes more geometric shapes
- Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs (Unicode block) includes several geometric shapes of different colors
- Mathematical operators and symbols in Unicode
- Symbols for Legacy Computing
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