Geometric Shapes (Unicode block)

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Geometric Shapes
Range	U+25A0..U+25FF (96 code points)
Plane	BMP
Scripts	Common
Symbol sets	Control code graphics Geometric shapes
Assigned	96 code points
Unused	0 reserved code points
Unicode version history
1.0.0 (1991)	79 (+79)
1.1 (1993)	80 (+1)
3.0 (1999)	88 (+8)
3.2 (2002)	96 (+8)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2][3]

Geometric Shapes is a Unicode block of 96 symbols at code point range U+25A0–25FF.

Font coverage

Font sets like Code2000 and the DejaVu family include coverage for each of the glyphs in the Geometric Shapes range.^[4] Unifont also contains all the glyphs.^[5] Among the fonts in widespread use,^[6][7] 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.^[4]

Block

Geometric Shapes^[1] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)

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U+25Ax

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▦

▧

▨

▩

▪

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U+25Bx

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△

▴

▵

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U+25Cx

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U+25Dx

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U+25Ex

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◨

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U+25Fx

◰

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◳

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Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0

Emoji

The Geometric Shapes block contains eight emoji: U+25AA–U+25AB, U+25B6, U+25C0 and U+25FB–U+25FE.^[8][9]

The block has sixteen standardized variants defined to specify emoji-style (U+FE0F VS16) or text presentation (U+FE0E VS15) for the eight emoji.^[10]

Emoji variation sequences

U+	25AA	25AB	25B6	25C0	25FB	25FC	25FD	25FE
default presentation	text	text	text	text	text	text	emoji	emoji
base code point	▪	▫	▶	◀	◻	◼	◽	◾
base+VS15 (text)	▪︎	▫︎	▶︎	◀︎	◻︎	◼︎	◽︎	◾︎
base+VS16 (emoji)	▪️	▫️	▶️	◀️	◻️	◼️	◽️	◾️

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Geometric Shapes block:

Version	Final code points[a]	Count	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
1.0.0	U+25A0..25EE	79			(to be determined)
			L2/11-438[b][c]	N4182	Edberg, Peter (2011-12-22), Emoji Variation Sequences (Revision of L2/11-429)
1.1	U+25EF	1			(to be determined)
3.0	U+25F0..25F7	8		N1138	LaBonté, Alain (1995-01-30), Proposal to add new characters (Keyboard related) to 10646
				N1203	Umamaheswaran, V. S.; Ksar, Mike (1995-05-03), "6.1.6", Unconfirmed minutes of SC2/WG2 Meeting 27, Geneva
				N1303 (html, doc)	Umamaheswaran, V. S.; Ksar, Mike (1996-01-26), Minutes of Meeting 29, Tokyo
			L2/97-128	N1564	Paterson, Bruce (1997-05-15), Draft pDAM for various additional characters (the "holding bucket")
			L2/97-288	N1603	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1997-10-24), "7.3", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting # 33, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 20 June – 4 July 1997
			L2/98-005R	N1682	Text of ISO 10646 - AMD 22 for PDAM registration and PDAM ballot, 1997-12-17
			L2/98-320	N1898	ISO/IEC 10646-1/FPDAM 22, AMENDMENT 22: Keyboard Symbols, 1998-10-22
				N1897	Paterson, Bruce; Everson, Michael (1998-10-22), Disposition of Comments - FPDAM22 - Keyboard Symbols - SC2 N3191
			L2/99-010	N1903 (pdf, html, doc)	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1998-12-30), Minutes of WG 2 meeting 35, London, U.K.; 1998-09-21--25
			L2/99-126		Paterson, Bruce (1999-04-14), Text for FDAM ballot ISO/IEC 10646 FDAM #22 - Keyboard symbols
3.2	U+25F8..25FE	7	L2/00-119[d]	N2191R	Whistler, Ken; Freytag, Asmus (2000-04-19), Encoding Additional Mathematical Symbols in Unicode
			L2/00-234	N2203 (rtf, txt)	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2000-07-21), "8.18", Minutes from the SC2/WG2 meeting in Beijing, 2000-03-21 -- 24
			L2/00-115R2		Moore, Lisa (2000-08-08), "Motion 83-M11", Minutes Of UTC Meeting #83
			L2/11-438[b][c]	N4182	Edberg, Peter (2011-12-22), Emoji Variation Sequences (Revision of L2/11-429)
	U+25FF	1	L2/01-156	N2356	Freytag, Asmus (2001-04-03), Additional Mathematical Characters (Draft 10)
			L2/01-344	N2353 (pdf, doc)	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2001-09-09), "7.7 Mathematical Symbols", Minutes from SC2/WG2 meeting #40 -- Mountain View, April 2001
Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names See also L2/10-458, L2/11-414, L2/11-415, and L2/11-429 Refer to the history section of the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block for additional emoji-related documents Refer to the history section of the Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B block for additional math-related documents

See also

• Box-drawing characters
• Dingbat
• Tombstone, the end of proof character
• Other Unicode blocks
  • Box Drawing
  • Block Elements
  • Geometric Shapes Extended
  • Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms
  • Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows (Unicode block) includes more geometric shapes
  • Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs (Unicode block) includes several geometric shapes of different colors
  • Mathematical operators and symbols in Unicode
  • Symbols for Legacy Computing

References

1. "Unicode 1.0.1 Addendum" (PDF). The Unicode Standard. 1992-11-03. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
2. "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
3. "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
4. "Font Support for Unicode Block 'Geometric Shapes'". Retrieved 2008-09-17.
5. "GNU Unifont Glyphs". Unifoundry.com. Retrieved 2013-11-12.
6. "Mac OS X 10.5 bundled with Arial Unicode MS". Archived from the original on 2011-05-10. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
7. "Common fonts to all versions of Windows & Mac equivalents". Retrieved 2008-09-17.
8. "UTR #51: Unicode Emoji". Unicode Consortium. 2023-09-05.
9. "UCD: Emoji Data for UTR #51". Unicode Consortium. 2023-02-01.
10. "UTS #51 Emoji Variation Sequences". The Unicode Consortium.