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also contains all the glyphs. Among the fonts in widespread use, full implementation is provided by
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containing square block symbols of various fill and shading. Used along with block elements are
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163:. Its block name in Unicode 1.0 was
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1043:Symbols for Legacy Computing
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261:Lower three quarters block
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768:As of Unicode version 16.0
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272:Lower seven eighths block
228:Lower three eighths block
16:For the HTML element, see
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415:Upper one eighth block
349:Left one quarter block
206:Lower one eighth block
88:Unicode version history
23:Unicode character block
1020:Tombstone (typography)
998:Box-drawing characters
966:Mathematical Operators
360:Left one eighth block
157:box-drawing characters
83:0 reserved code points
1024:other Unicode blocks
514:Quadrant upper right
448:Quadrant lower right
123:Unicode documentation
1161:"GNU Unifont Glyphs"
1120:The Unicode Standard
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1014:Semigraphics
981:BLACK SQUARE
962:END OF PROOF
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404:Dark shade
283:Full block
67:Block fills
64:Symbol sets
1212:2008-09-17
1192:2008-09-17
1167:2013-11-12
1146:2016-03-13
1098:2023-07-26
1074:2023-07-26
1051:References
550:sets like
129:Code chart
906:L2/01-050
884:L2/00-329
846:L2/00-159
812:Document
1227:Category
992:See also
978:■
959:∎
809: ID
803: ID
554:and the
552:Code2000
133:Web page
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72:Assigned
1009:Dingbat
983:in the
964:in the
788:Version
777:History
705:U+259x
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560:Unifont
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181:Result
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165:Blocks
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80:Unused
58:Common
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912:N2253
890:N2265
817:1.0.0
797:Count
759:Notes
178:Code
151:is a
44:Plane
34:Range
548:Font
140:Note
108:3.2
835:3.2
807:WG2
48:BMP
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