Alt Code Shortcuts for Block Elements

Unicode has lot of blocks for different group of characters and symbols. Some groups are very useful like transportation symbols and emoticons. However, blocks like Block Elements have different purpose to create blocks using the Unicode point. You can use alt code shortcuts to insert these blocks elements on your Windows and Mac documents.

Alt Code Shortcuts for Block Elements on Windows

Below is a list of alt code shortcuts for inserting block elements on your Windows based documents like Word and PowerPoint. Hold one of the alt keys and type the code using number pad to type the symbol. For example, Alt + 9619 will produce a dark shade block element like ▓.

Alt Code Shortcuts for Block Elements on Mac

On macOS, you can change the input method to Unicode Hex Input and use the hexadecimal Unicode value. This will help you to insert the block elements on Pages and Keynote documents. For example, option + 2588 will produce full block element like █.

You can also insert block elements on Microsoft Word documents in Windows by typing hex code then pressing alt and x keys.

Creating Text Faces

You can create beautiful text faces using these block elements. Below are few examples made with connecting the blocks continuously using alt code shortcuts. As you can see, it is also possible to change the font color and size of these blocks similar to text on your documents.

Note, some block element symbol may not be compatible on documents though they are showing properly on the web page.