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The '''DEC Special Graphics Character Set''' is one of the available character sets on VT100 and compatible terminals.

It differs from [[ASCII]] only in the 32 characters from code points (decimal) 95 through 126 (the "special graphics characters"). Its most recognizable characters are probably the line-drawing and box-drawing characters, which were frequently used in the VT100 variant of [[ANSI Art]].

All of the characters exist in [[Unicode]], though there does not seem to be an official mapping. The horizontal "scan" line characters were added in Unicode 3.2.0[http://unicode.org/reports/tr28/tr28-3.html].

== Specifications ==
* [http://vt100.net/docs/vt220-rm/table2-4.html VT220 Programmer Reference Manual, Table 2-4: DEC Special Graphics Character Set]
* [http://vt100.net/docs/vt100-tm/ VT100 Series Technical Manual], Table A-9: Special Graphics Characters
* [http://vt100.net/docs/vt100-ug/table3-9.html VT100 User Guide, Table 3-9: Special Graphics Characters]

== Links ==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipikgmVCNW4 VT100 ASCII Animation: TwilightZone] - Example of VT100 animation, using box-drawing characters (video)
* [[Wikipedia: VT100]]
* [http://vt100.net/ VT100.net]

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 It differs from [[ASCII]] only in the 32 characters from code points (decimal) 95 through 126 (the "special graphics characters"). Its most recognizable characters are probably the line-drawing and box-drawing characters, which were frequently used in the VT100 variant of [[ANSI Art]].
 All of the characters exist in [[Unicode]], though there does not seem to be an official mapping. The horizontal "scan" line characters were added in Unicode 3.2.0[http://unicode.org/reports/tr28/tr28-3.html].
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 The '''DEC Special Graphics Character Set''' is one of the available character sets on VT100 and compatible terminals.