Geometric Shapes is a
Unicode block
A Unicode block is one of several contiguous ranges of numeric character codes (code points) of the Unicode character set that are defined by the Unicode Consortium for administrative and documentation purposes. Typically, proposals such as the ...
of 96 symbols at code point range U+25A0–25FF.
Font coverage
Font
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For instance, the typeface Bauer Bodoni (shown in the figure) includes fonts " Roman" (or "regul ...
sets like
Code2000
Code2000 is a serif and pan- Unicode digital font, which includes characters and symbols from a very large range of writing systems. As of the current version 1.176 released in 2023, Code2000 is designed and implemented by James Kass to inclu ...
and the
DejaVu family include coverage for each of the glyphs in the Geometric Shapes range.
also contains all the glyphs. Among the fonts in widespread use, full implementation is provided by
Segoe UI Symbol and significant partial implementation of this range is provided by
Arial Unicode MS
Arial Unicode MS is a TrueType font and the extended version of the font Arial. Compared to Arial, it includes higher line height, omits kerning pairs and adds enough glyphs to cover a large subset of Unicode 2.1—thus supporting most Microsoft ...
and
Lucida Sans Unicode
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, which include coverage for 83% (80 out of 96) and 82% (79 out of 96) of the symbols, respectively.
Block
Emoji
The Geometric Shapes block contains eight
emoji
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:
U+25AA–U+25AB, U+25B6, U+25C0 and U+25FB–U+25FE.
The block has sixteen
standardized variants defined to specify emoji-style (U+FE0F VS16) or text presentation (U+FE0E VS15) for the
eight emoji.
History
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Geometric Shapes block:
See also
*
Box-drawing characters
Box-drawing characters, also known as line-drawing characters, are a form of semigraphics widely used in text user interfaces to draw various geometric frames and boxes. These characters are characterized by being designed to be connected horiz ...
*
Dingbat
In typography, a dingbat (sometimes more formally known as a printer's ornament or printer's character) is an ornament, specifically, a glyph used in typesetting, often employed to create box frames (similar to box-drawing characters), or a ...
*
Tombstone
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, the end of proof character
* Other Unicode blocks
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Box Drawing
Box Drawing is a Unicode block containing characters for compatibility with legacy graphics standards that contained characters for making bordered charts and tables, i.e. box-drawing characters. Its block name in Unicode 1.0 was Form and Chart C ...
**
Block Elements
Block Elements is a Unicode block containing square block symbols of various fill and shading. Used along with block elements are box-drawing characters, shade characters, and terminal graphic characters. These can be used for filling regions of t ...
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Geometric Shapes Extended
Geometric Shapes Extended is a Unicode block containing Webdings/ Wingdings symbols, mostly different weights of squares, crosses, and saltires, and different weights of variously spoked asterisks, stars, and various color squares and circles fo ...
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Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms
In CJK characters, CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) computing, graphic characters are traditionally classed into fullwidth and halfwidth characters. Unlike monospaced fonts, a halfwidth character occupies half the width of a fullwidth characte ...
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Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows (Unicode block) includes more geometric shapes
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Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs (Unicode block) includes several geometric shapes of different colors
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Mathematical operators and symbols in Unicode
The Unicode Standard encodes almost all standard characters used in mathematics.
Unicode Technical Report #25 provides comprehensive information about the character repertoire, their properties, and guidelines for implementation.
Mathematical op ...
**
Symbols for Legacy Computing
Symbols for Legacy Computing is a Unicode block containing graphic characters that were used for various home computers from the 1970s and 1980s and in teletext broadcasting standards. It includes characters from the Amstrad CPC, MSX, Mattel Aqua ...
References
{{Mathematical symbols notation language
Unicode blocks
Geometric shapes
Geometric
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