Open Box
Open Box has no standard Windows Alt code. Copy the character directly, or use its HTML entity or Unicode value instead.
- Alt code
- None
- HTML entity
- ␣
- Unicode
- U+2423
About this symbol
␣, the open box, shows a space where it has to be seen, as in typing manuals and programming books: “type␣this” makes the space between the words visible.
Unicode facts
- Official name
- OPEN BOX
- Type
- Symbol
- Unicode block
- Control Pictures
- Unicode group
- Specific symbols for space
- Added in
- Unicode 1.1 (1993)
- Unicode notes
- Graphic for space
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