---
title: "drawing ascii boxes"
description: "I always struggle to find a good reference of ascii characters. This is a compilation of my most wanted ascii characters."
date: 2020-05-12
published: true
template: blog-post
---

When creating cli's I often want some nice full-width character.  I find it tough to find them, and when I do half the time it is an image or something that cannot be copied 👿.

I rarely get very complex with my semi-manual ASCII art.  I can do 98% of what I need with bars and corners.  Using some simple full-width characters can really give your cli a nice clean look.

## Example

I'd say 50% of what I need is just a full-width horizontal bar to give some visual flair or separation.

![](https://images.waylonwalker.com/fw-bar-print.png)

## Bars

``` bash
― ⍽ ⎸ ⎹ ␣ ─ ━ │ ┃
```

## Square Corners

``` bash
┌ ┍ ┎ ┏ ┐ ┑ ┒ ┓ └ ┕ ┖ ┗ ┘ ┙ ┚ ┛
```

## Round Corners

``` bash
╭ ╮ ╯ ╰ ╱ ╲ ╳
```

## Harpoons

``` bash
 ⃑ ⃬ ⃭ ↼ ↽ ↾ ↿ ⇀ ⇁ ⇂ ⇃ ⇋ ⇌ ⥊ ⥋ ⥌ ⥍ ⥎ ⥏ ⥐ ⥑ ⥒ ⥓ ⥔ ⥕ ⥖ ⥗ ⥘ ⥙ ⥚ ⥛ ⥜ ⥝ ⥞ ⥟ ⥠ ⥡ ⥢ ⥣ ⥤ ⥥ ⥦ ⥧ ⥨ ⥩ ⥪ ⥫ ⥬ ⥭ ⥮ ⥯
```

## Double Boxes

``` bash
═ ║ ╒ ╓ ╔ ╕ ╖ ╗ ╘ ╙ ╚ ╛ ╜ ╝ ╞ ╟ ╠ ╡ ╢ ╣ ╤ ╥ ╦ ╧ ╨ ╩ ╪ ╫ ╬
```

## Dashed Boxes

``` bash
┄ ┅ ┆ ┇ ┈ ┉ ┊ ┋╌ ╍ ╎ ╏
```

## Connectors

``` bash
├ ┝ ┞ ┟ ┠ ┡ ┢ ┣ ┤ ┥ ┦ ┧ ┨ ┩ ┪ ┫ ┬ ┭ ┮ ┯ ┰ ┱ ┲ ┳ ┴ ┵ ┶ ┷ ┸ ┹ ┺ ┻ ┼ ┽ ┾ ┿ ╀ ╁ ╂ ╃ ╄ ╅ ╆ ╇ ╈ ╉ ╊ ╋
```

## Others

``` bash
☐ ☑ ☒ ⫍ ⫎ ⮹ ⮽ ⺆ ⼌ ⼐ ⼕
```

## Arrows

``` bash
 ← ↑ → ↓ ↔ ↕ ↖ ↗ ↘ ↙ ↚ ↛ ↜ ↝ ↞ ↟ ↠ ↡ ↢ ↣ ↤ ↥ ↦ ↧ ↨ ↩ ↪ ↫ ↬ ↭ ↮ ↯ ↰ ↱ ↲ ↳ ↴ ↵ ↶ ↷ ↸ ↹ ↺ ↻ ⇄ ⇅ ⇆ ⇇ ⇈ ⇉ ⇊ ⇍ ⇎ ⇏ ⇐ ⇑ ⇒ ⇓ ⇔ ⇕ ⇖ ⇗ ⇘ ⇙ ⇚ ⇛ ⇜ ⇝ ⇞ ⇟ ⇠ ⇡ ⇢ ⇣ ⇤ ⇥ ⇦ ⇧ ⇨ ⇩ ⇪
```

## Rounded Box

``` bash
╭――――――――――――――――――╮
│                  │
│                  │
│                  │
╰――――――――――――――――――╯
```

## Resources

As I was putting this together I stumbled accross a good site to find ascii characters and copy them.
[Unicode Full-Width Characters](https://xahlee.info/comp/unicode_full-width_chars.html)