Block Elements and Shade Characters
Full █, half ▀ ▄ ▌ ▐, quadrant ▖▗▘▝ and shade ░ ▒ ▓ block characters for text art and progress bars.
About these characters
Shades ░ ▒ ▓ let you draw greyscale with text – the same trick as the image-to-ASCII converter, just with four levels.
Symbols you copy are remembered in a "Recently copied" row on the symbols page (stored only in this browser). For whole words in a different style, use the fancy text generator.
Other symbol groups
Questions people ask
How do I type blocks & shades symbols on a keyboard?
Copying is fastest. On Windows you can also press Win + . and open the Symbols tab; on Mac press Ctrl + ⌘ + Space for the Character Viewer; on Android and iOS long-press or use the symbols keyboard. In HTML, use the numeric code shown after you tap a symbol.
Where do these characters come from?
Shades ░ ▒ ▓ let you draw greyscale with text – the same trick as the image-to-ASCII converter, just with four levels.