Medium Shade symbol
Type :shade: · Blocks & bars
What ▒ is for
Half filled, and the most useful of the shades because it reads as clearly grey rather than as a dark or light accident. The classic background fill of a DOS screen.
How to type ▒
The shortcuts below are the built-in routes. With
Emoji Anywhere
installed you can skip all of them and type
:shade: 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 2592 with Option
held.
Windows
No Alt code. In Word, type 2592 then press Alt +
X. Elsewhere use the emoji panel with Win + Period, or Character Map.
Shortcodes
:shade: :medium_shade: On the web
HTML ▒
Unicode U+2592
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