38 lines & shapes symbols for build tables and dividers out of text. Tap any character to copy it — including the plain-text versions that survive any font.
Tap or click a character and it goes straight to your clipboard. These are Unicode text characters, not images, so they paste into any text field.
Box-drawing characters let you make real tables and frames in plain text. They are in every monospaced font and most proportional ones, which is why they show up in README files, code comments and text-only diagrams.
There are 38 characters in this set. The grid above is the fastest way to take one — tap it and it is on your clipboard. The table below is the reference: the Unicode name of each character and the job people normally give it, so you can pick the right one instead of guessing from the shape.
| Symbol | Unicode name | Used for |
|---|---|---|
| ─ | Box drawings light horizontal | the basic line for text diagrams and dividers |
| │ | Box drawings light vertical | vertical strokes in ASCII tables |
| ┌ | Box drawings light down and right | top-left corner of a box |
| ┼ | Box drawings light vertical and horizontal | a four-way junction — the centre of a table |
| ═ | Box drawings double horizontal | the heavier double line, used for emphasis |
| ● | Black circle | a solid bullet that works in any font |
| ◉ | Fisheye | a target-like circle |
| ► | Black right-pointing pointer | a chunky play or next marker |
Every character on this page is a button, and the steps are identical on a phone, a tablet and a desktop:
Nothing is installed and nothing is uploaded. These are standard Unicode characters, so the device you are already holding knows how to draw them.
Ordinary text is safe everywhere. The problems start with two groups: characters that need a font the receiving device may not ship with, and applications that deliberately filter what you can type.
| Place | Works? | What to expect |
|---|---|---|
| Instagram, TikTok, X bio and captions | Yes | Symbols and emoji both display; a handful of rare glyphs may render as a box on older Android versions |
| Discord display name and messages | Yes | Almost everything works, including the rarer box-drawing characters |
| WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal | Yes | Full support for emoji and symbols |
| Word, Google Docs, Excel, Sheets | Yes | Fine on a desktop; fonts on older Office installs may miss the newest glyphs |
| Most online games (usernames) | Sometimes | Many titles strip anything outside their font. Test with one symbol first |
| SMS | Yes, but | An emoji can push a message into a longer billing segment |
The practical rule: if you are decorating a bio or a document, paste freely. If you are building a username that has to survive a game login screen, start with one character, confirm it appears, then add the rest.