ASCII 210
Uppercase O with grave accentBox T-junction pointing down, double vertical
ASCII 210 is Ò on Windows and ╥ in old DOS.
Ò (Capital O with Grave) is byte 210 in Windows-1252, Unicode U+00D2. It turns up in Italian capitals like PERÒ, in Catalan place names such as Òdena, and in Occitan's name for its own language area, Òc. UTF-8 stores it as C3 92, and 92 is the curly apostrophe ’ in Windows-1252, so mangled text reads PERÃ’, which passes at a glance for a word cut short with an apostrophe. The HTML entity is Ò.
╥ (Double Down, Single Horizontal) is byte 210 in code page 437, the original IBM PC character set, and maps to Unicode U+2565. It's the top-edge tee for a single-line box that has one double column divider inside it: ─ (196) runs across and ║ (186) drops down. Its partner at the bottom edge is ╨ (208), so the divider runs ┌──╥──┐ to └──╨──┘. Don't mix it up with ╤ (209), which doubles the horizontal instead. Code page 850 put Ê on this byte. In UTF-8 it's E2 95 A5, and the HTML entity is ╥.
Technical Details
Technical Details
Code Example
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#include <stdio.h>int main(void) {/* On Windows (code page 1252) byte 210 is Ò.Modern terminals expect UTF-8, so print the code point, not the byte. */printf("\u00D2\n"); /* UTF-8: C3 92 */unsigned char b = 210; /* the raw Windows-1252 byte */printf("%d 0x%02X\n", b, b); /* 210 0xD2 */return 0;}
Code Example
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#include <stdio.h>int main(void) {/* Byte 210 is ╥ only on a console using code page 437(chcp 437 on Windows, or DOSBox). On a UTF-8 terminal thelone byte 0xD2 is invalid and prints as garbage, often �. */putchar(210);/* char is signed on x86, so a plain char holding 0xD2 is -46.Use unsigned char when you compare or index by byte value. */char c = (char)210;unsigned char u = 210;printf("\n%d %d\n", c, u); /* -46 210 *//* Portable: print the Unicode character as UTF-8 instead. */printf("\u2565\n"); /* E2 95 A5 */return 0;}
How to Type It
- Windows
- Hold Alt and type 0210 on the numeric keypad, with Num Lock on. The leading zero picks the Windows code page. No numeric keypad? In Word, type 00D2 and press Alt+X.
- Mac
- Press Option+Shift+L.
- Linux
- In GNOME, or any desktop running IBus, press Ctrl+Shift+U, type d2, then Space. With a Compose key set up, press Compose, backtick, O.
- Phone
- Tap Shift, then long-press O and pick Ò.
How to Type It
- Windows
- Hold Alt and type 210 on the numeric keypad, with no leading zero. US PCs insert ╥, but PCs set to code page 850, common in Western Europe, insert Ê. No numeric keypad? In Word, type 2565 and press Alt+X.
- Mac
- Press Control+Command+Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for "box drawings down double and horizontal single".
- Linux
- In GNOME, or any desktop running IBus, press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 2565, then Space.
- Phone
- Phone keyboards have no key for it. Tap the character at the top of this page to copy it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Without a leading zero, Alt codes read the DOS table, where 210 is the box piece ╥ on a US machine and Ê on Western European PCs, which use code page 850. Alt+0210 reads Windows-1252 and gives Ò every time. Code page 850 keeps Ò itself at 227, so Alt+227 also works there, while on a US machine that code gives π.
Frequently Asked Questions
Without a leading zero, Alt codes read the DOS table, where 210 is the box piece ╥ on a US machine and Ê on Western European PCs, which use code page 850. Alt+0210 reads Windows-1252 and gives Ò every time. Code page 850 keeps Ò itself at 227, so Alt+227 also works there, while on a US machine that code gives π.