AltKeyCodes

Box Drawings Heavy Up And Light Down Symbol

There is no legacy Windows Alt code for Box Drawings Heavy Up And Light Down because it is not in either the OEM code page 437 or Windows-1252 tables. The Unicode codepoint is U+257F, which you can use as ╿ in HTML, \257F in CSS, or type with Alt+9599 on Windows (BMP only). If your keyboard has no numeric keypad, use the Character Viewer, the HTML entity, or copy the character directly. Box Drawings Heavy Up And Light Down is outside both legacy code pages, which is why U+257F is the identifier that works across Word, HTML, CSS, Python and JavaScript. Box Drawings Heavy Up And Light Down has no named HTML entity, so use the numeric escape ╿ or the hex escape ╿.

Codes for this symbol

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Python escape
JavaScript escape
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Unicode block
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Not available for this symbol: legacy Windows Alt code, macOS Option shortcut, named HTML entity.

How to type box drawings heavy up and light down on Windows

  1. Turn Num Lock on so the numeric keypad is active.
  2. Hold the left Alt key.
  3. Type 9 5 9 9 on the numeric keypad for the decimal codepoint 9599.
  4. Release Alt. The Box Drawings Heavy Up And Light Down character (╿) appears.

If your keyboard has no numeric keypad, see how to type symbols without a numpad.

How to type box drawings heavy up and light down on macOS

There is no direct Option shortcut for Box Drawings Heavy Up And Light Down. Open the Character Viewer with ⌃⌘Space, search for "Box Drawings Heavy Up And Light Down" and click the character to insert it.

How to use box drawings heavy up and light down in code

  • HTML: or
  • CSS: content:"\257F"; ()
  • Python: \u257F or chr(0x257F)
  • JavaScript: \u257F or String.fromCodePoint(0x257F)
  • JSON: "\u257F"

Frequently asked questions

Is there an Alt code for ╿?

No legacy Alt code exists for Box Drawings Heavy Up And Light Down because it is not in code page 437 or Windows-1252. Use the Unicode codepoint U+257F in HTML, CSS or the Character Viewer instead.

How do I type ╿ without a numpad?

Use the Windows Character Viewer (Win+.), the macOS Character Viewer (⌃⌘Space), an HTML entity such as ╿, or copy the character directly from this page.

Why does Alt+9599 not work?

Alt+9599 only works on a keyboard with a physical numeric keypad. It also requires the application to accept the numeric-keypad input path. Laptops without a numpad need an alternative method.

What is the Unicode for Box Drawings Heavy Up And Light Down?

The Unicode codepoint for Box Drawings Heavy Up And Light Down is U+257F. You can use this value in HTML as ╿, in CSS as \257F, and in Word with Alt+X.

How do I type ╿ on a Mac?

Open the Character Viewer with ⌃⌘Space and search for the character name or U+257F, then click it.

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