Technical information

Symbol
NameBraille pattern dots-1234678
Unicode numberU+28EF
CategoryBraille Patterns
DescriptionThe Unicode character ⣯, or U+28EF, is known as the "Braille Pattern Dots-1234678". It belongs to the "Braille Patterns" block and falls under the "Symbol, Other" category in the Unicode standard. This character is a graphic representation of a specific pattern of raised dots in the Braille system, specifically dots 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8. It can be used in digital communications to represent specific coded information in Braille. The exact meaning of this pattern can vary depending on the specific Braille code in use. The specific appearance and usage of this character can depend on the system and application it's being used in.

Encoding

HTML Entity⣯
HTML Entity (hex)⣯
URL Escape Code%E2%A3%AF
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0xA3 0xAF
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10100011:10101111
UTF-160x28EF
UTF-320x000028EF

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u28EF"
CSS Code\28EF
JavaScript"\u28EF"
Perl\x{28EF}
Python 2u"\u28EF"
Python 3\u28EF
Ruby\u{28EF}

Preview

This Unicode character looks like this ⣯ in sentence and in bold like this and in italic like this .

Font size:

12px
16px
20px
28px
36px
48px
72px

CSS Property: font-weight

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HTML Forms and Input

input
disabled input
input-group
select
button
button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#10479;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\28EF";
}

The symbol in different fonts

-apple-system
Apple Color Emoji
Arial
BlinkMacSystemFont
Courier New
Georgia
Droid Sans
Helvetica
Noto Sans
Oxygen
Roboto
"Segoe UI"
sans-serif
Segoe UI Emoji
Segoe UI Symbol
system-ui
Times New Roman
Ubuntu
Verdana

References