Dark Shade vs Left Seven Eighths Block
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Property Comparison
| Property | ▓ 2593 | ▉ 2589 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Dark Shade | Left Seven Eighths Block |
| Category | Block Elements | Block Elements |
| Block | Block Elements | Block Elements |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Symbol (So) | Other Symbol (So) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2593 | 2589 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2593 | U+2589 |
| HTML Decimal | ▓ | ▉ |
| HTML Hex | ▓ | ▉ |
| CSS | \2593 | \2589 |
| JavaScript | \u{2593} | \u{2589} |
| Python | \u2593 | \u2589 |
| UTF-8 | e2 96 93 | e2 96 89 |
How to Distinguish
Both Dark Shade and Left Seven Eighths Block belong to the Block Elements category and the Block Elements block. Compare their codepoints and visual rendering to distinguish them.
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