Symbols for Legacy Computing is a Unicode block containing graphic characters that were used for various home computers from the 1970s and 1980s and in teletext broadcasting standards. It includes characters from the Amstrad CPC, MSX, Mattel Aquarius, RISC OS, MouseText, Atari ST, TRS-80 Color Computer, Oric, Texas Instruments TI-99/4A, TRS-80, Minitel, Teletext, ATASCII, PETSCII, ZX80, and ZX81 character sets. Semigraphics characters are also included in the form of new block-shaped characters, line-drawing characters, and 60 "sextant" characters (semigraphic character made up of six smaller blocks, also known as alpha-mosaic characters). Additional characters were added to this block in Unicode 16.0 as well.
A supplemental block (Symbols for Legacy Computing Supplement) was added with Unicode 16.0.
Block
The image below is provided as quick reference for these symbols on systems that are unable to display them directly:
History The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Symbols for Legacy Computing block:
Version Count L2 ID WG2 ID Document 13.0 U+1FB00..1FB92, 1FB94..1FBCA, 1FBF0..1FBF9 212 no_attach, sources, mappings_zip) no_attach, sources, mappings_zip) no_attach, sources, mappings_zip) N5028 16.0 U+1FBCB..1FBEF 37 no_attach, sources, mappings_zip) no_attach) 17.0 U+1FBFA 1
See also Box-drawing characters Dingbat other Unicode blocks Box Drawing Block Elements Geometric Shapes Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms Supplemental Arrows-C Symbols for Legacy Computing Supplement
References
External links Cascadia Code 2404.23 – release notes for Cascadia Code, which shows the rendering of Symbols for Legacy Computing Supplement characters