Box Horizontal symbol
Type :hline: · Box drawing
What ─ is for
The horizontal run, and the character a rule across a terminal is made of. Repeat it to draw a line, or pair it with the corners to close a box. It joins seamlessly to itself and to every other light box character, which is the whole point of the set.
How to type ─
The shortcuts below are the built-in routes. With
Emoji Anywhere
installed you can skip all of them and type
:hline: in any text field instead, which
is the same on every platform.
macOS
No direct shortcut. Use Edit → Emoji & Symbols, or switch to the Unicode Hex
Input source and type 2500 with Option
held.
Windows
No Alt code. In Word, type 2500 then press Alt +
X. Elsewhere use the emoji panel with Win + Period, or Character Map.
Shortcodes
:hline: :box_horizontal: On the web
HTML ─
Unicode U+2500
What ─ gets mistaken for
em dash
Punctuation, not furniture. It has gaps at both ends in most fonts, so a row of them looks like a dotted line rather than a rule.
hyphen
What people use when they cannot find this one. A row of hyphens is the classic ASCII rule and it is visibly gappy next to the real thing.
More from box drawing
:vline: ┌ :box_top_left: ┐ :box_top_right: └ :box_bottom_left: ┘ :box_bottom_right: ├ :box_tee_right: ┤ :box_tee_left: ┬ :box_tee_down: ┴ :box_tee_up: ┼ :box_cross: ╭ :box_round_top_left: ╮ :box_round_top_right: Every symbol and kaomoji is in the full gallery .
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