A modified DEC Special Graphics set (with additional fill blocks and arrows, and without the control pictures) accessed in aLinux terminal usingShift Out | |
| Alias(es) | IBM-1090 |
|---|---|
| Based on | ASCII |
DEC Special Graphics[1] is a 7-bitcharacter set developed byDigital Equipment Corporation. This was used very often to drawboxes on theVT100 video terminal and the many emulators, and used by bulletin board software. Thedesignation escape sequenceESC ( 0 (hexadecimal1B 28 30) switched the codes for lower-case ASCII letters to draw this set, and the sequenceESC ( B (hexadecimal1B 28 42) switched back.[2]IBM calls itCode page 1090.[3]
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| 6x | ◆ | ▒[a] | ␉ | ␌ | ␍ | ␊ | ° | ± |  | ␋ | ┘ | ┐ | ┌ | └ | ┼ | ⎺ |
| 7x | ⎻ | ─[b] | ⎼ | ⎽ | ├ | ┤ | ┴ | ┬ | │ | ≤ | ≥ | π | ≠ | £ | · |