Alt Code Shortcuts for Block Elements

Unicode has lot of blocks to group different 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 block elements on your Windows and Mac documents.

Alt Code Shortcuts for Block Elements

Below is the list of alt code shortcuts for inserting block elements.

Block Symbol	Description	Windows Shortcut	Mac Shortcut
▀	Upper Half Block	Alt + 9600	Option + 2580
▁	Lower One Eighth Block	Alt + 9601	Option + 2581
▂	Lower One Quarter Block	Alt + 9602	Option + 2582
▃	Lower Three Eighths Block	Alt + 9603	Option + 2583
▄	Lower Half Block	Alt + 9604	Option + 2584
▅	Lower Five Eighths Block	Alt + 9605	Option + 2585
▆	Lower Three Quarters Block	Alt + 9606	Option + 2586
▇	Lower Seven Eighths Block	Alt + 9607	Option + 2587
█	Full Block	Alt + 9608	Option + 2588
▉	Left Seven Eighths Block	Alt + 9609	Option + 2589
▊	Left Three Quarters Block	Alt + 9610	Option + 258A
▋	Left Five Eighths Block	Alt + 9611	Option + 258B
▌	Left Half Block	Alt + 9612	Option + 258C
▍	Left Three Eighths Block	Alt + 9613	Option + 258D
▎	Left One Quarter Block	Alt + 9614	Option + 258E
▏	Left One Eighth Block	Alt + 9615	Option + 258F
▐	Right Half Block	Alt + 9616	Option + 2590
░	Light Shade	Alt + 9617	Option + 2591
▒	Medium Shade	Alt + 9618	Option + 2592
▓	Dark Shade	Alt + 9619	Option + 2593
▔	Upper One Eighth Block	Alt + 9620	Option + 2594
▕	Right One Eighth Block	Alt + 9621	Option + 2595
▖	Quadrant Lower Left	Alt + 9622	Option + 2596
▗	Quadrant Lower Right	Alt + 9623	Option + 2597
▘	Quadrant Upper Left	Alt + 9624	Option + 2598
▙	Quadrant Upper Left And Lower Left And Lower Right	Alt + 9625	Option + 2599
▚	Quadrant Upper Left And Lower Right	Alt + 9626	Option + 259A
▛	Quadrant Upper Left And Upper Right And Lower Left	Alt + 9627	Option + 259B
▜	Quadrant Upper Left And Upper Right And Lower Right	Alt + 9628	Option + 259C
▝	Quadrant Upper Right	Alt + 9629	Option + 259D
▞	Quadrant Upper Right And Lower Left	Alt + 9630	Option + 259E
▟	Quadrant Upper Right And Lower Left And Lower Right	Alt + 9631	Option + 259F

Inserting in Windows

There are two ways to use the keyboard shortcuts 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 ▓.
• Alternatively, you can use hexadecimal code point with alt + X keys. For example, 2587 alt + x will make lower seven eighths block symbol like ▇. This method will work only in Microsoft Word documents.

Inserting in Mac

Similar to Windows, macOS also offers multiple ways.

• You can change the input method to Unicode Hex Input and use the hexadecimal Unicode value with option key. This will help you to insert the block elements on Pages and Keynote documents. For example, option + 2588 will produce full block element like █.
• If keyboard shortcut is not working, you can press “Command + Control + Space” to open Character Viewer app. Using this app, you can search and insert all block element symbols.

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.

Inserting Block Elements in HTML

You can use either decimal or hexadecimal codes to insert these symbols in HTML. Below is the code example, you can change the code for different symbols.

<span>&#9607;</span>
<span>&#x2587;</span>

Image Reference

Below is the image contains all shortcuts for block elements. You can download the image to your computer and keep it for offline reference.