DEC Special Graphics Character Set

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Name DEC Special Graphics Character Set
Ontology

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.

Unicode mapping

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[1].

Here is an unofficial Unicode mapping:

Character Proposed Unicode equivalent
0x5f Blank   U+00A0 NO-BREAK SPACE
0x60 Diamond U+25C6 BLACK DIAMOND
0x61 Checkerboard U+2592 MEDIUM SHADE
0x62 HT U+2409 SYMBOL FOR HORIZONTAL TABULATION
0x63 FF U+240C SYMBOL FOR FORM FEED
0x64 CR U+240D SYMBOL FOR CARRIAGE RETURN
0x65 LF U+240A SYMBOL FOR LINE FEED
0x66 Degree symbol ° U+00B0 DEGREE SIGN
0x67 Plus/minus ± U+00B1 PLUS-MINUS SIGN
0x68 NL U+2424 SYMBOL FOR NEWLINE
0x69 VT U+240B SYMBOL FOR VERTICAL TABULATION
0x6a Lower-right corner U+2518 BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT UP AND LEFT
0x6b Upper-right corner U+2510 BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT DOWN AND LEFT
0x6c Upper-left corner U+250C BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT DOWN AND RIGHT
0x6d Lower-left corner U+2514 BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT UP AND RIGHT
0x6e Crossing Lines U+253C BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL
0x6f Horizontal line - scan 1 U+23BA HORIZONTAL SCAN LINE-1
0x70 Horizontal line - scan 3 U+23BB HORIZONTAL SCAN LINE-3
0x71 Horizontal line - scan 5 U+2500 BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT HORIZONTAL
0x72 Horizontal line - scan 7 U+23BC HORIZONTAL SCAN LINE-7
0x73 Horizontal line - scan 9 U+23BD HORIZONTAL SCAN LINE-9
0x74 Left "T" U+251C BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT VERTICAL AND RIGHT
0x75 Right "T" U+2524 BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT VERTICAL AND LEFT
0x76 Bottom "T" U+2534 BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT UP AND HORIZONTAL
0x77 Top "T" U+252C BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT DOWN AND HORIZONTAL
0x78 Vertical bar U+2502 BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT VERTICAL
0x79 Less than or equal to U+2264 LESS-THAN OR EQUAL TO
0x7a Greater than or equal to U+2265 GREATER-THAN OR EQUAL TO
0x7b Pi π U+03C0 GREEK SMALL LETTER PI
0x7c Not equal to U+2260 NOT EQUAL TO
0x7d UK pound symbol £ U+00A3 POUND SIGN
0x7e Centered dot · U+00B7 MIDDLE DOT

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