▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ Vertical fine gradients (bottom fill) ▏▎▍▌▋▊▉█ Horizontal fine gradients (left fill) | Use case | Recommended characters | |----------|------------------------| | Progress bar | █ + ░ | | Pixel art (low-res) | █ | | Pixel art (high-res) | ▀ , ▄ , ▌ , ▐ + quadrants | | Grayscale shading | ░ , ▒ , ▓ , █ | | Data visualization (bar charts) | ▁ to █ (U+2581–U+2588) |
4 rows of text = 8 rows of pixels.
Example: 2x2 pixel smiley