Geometric Shapes is a
Unicode block of 96 symbols at code point range U+25A0–25FF.
U+25A0–U+25CF
The BLACK CIRCLE is displayed when typing in a
password field, in order to hide characters from a screen recorder or
shoulder surfing.
U+25D0–U+25FF
The CIRCLE WITH LEFT HALF BLACK is used to represent the
contrast ratio of a screen.
Font coverage
Font
In movable type, metal typesetting, a font is a particular #Characteristics, size, weight and style of a typeface. Each font is a matched set of type, with a piece (a "Sort (typesetting), sort") for each glyph. A typeface consists of a range of ...
sets like
Code2000 and the
DejaVu
The DejaVu fonts are a superfamily of fonts designed for broad coverage of the Unicode Universal Character Set. The fonts are derived from Bitstream Vera (sans-serif) and Bitstream Charter (serif), two fonts released by Bitstream under a fre ...
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 and
Lucida Sans Unicode, 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:
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
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Unicode symbols
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Dingbat
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Box Drawing (Unicode block)
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Block Elements (Unicode block)
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Box-drawing character
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Tombstone (typography), the end of proof character
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Geometric Shapes Extended (Unicode block)
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Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows (Unicode block) includes more geometric shapes
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Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs (Unicode block)
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs is a Unicode block containing meteorological and astronomical symbols, emoji characters largely for compatibility with Japanese telephone carriers' implementations of Shift JIS, and characters originally from ...
includes several geometric shapes of different colors
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Mathematical operators and symbols in Unicode
References
{{Mathematical symbols notation language
Unicode blocks
Geometric shapes
Geometric