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# Box and Line Drawing Character Entities (%isobox;)

%isobox; — Box and Line Drawing Character Entities

## Synopsis

The `%isobox;` parameter entity includes the ISO character entities with the public identifier:

      ISO 8879:1986//ENTITIES Box and Line Drawing//EN

## Description

The following character entities are defined in this entity set:

Entity Name | Unicode Code point | Sample Glyph | Description
--- | --- | --- | ---
boxh | 2500 |  | Box drawings light horizontal
boxv | 2502 |  | Box drawings light vertical
boxur | 2514 |  | Box drawings light up and right
boxul | 2518 |  | Box drawings light up and left
boxdl | 2510 |  | Box drawings light down and left
boxdr | 250C |  | Box drawings light down and right
boxvr | 251C |  | Box drawings light vertical and right
boxhu | 2534 |  | Box drawings light up and horizontal
boxvl | 2524 |  | Box drawings light vertical and left
boxhd | 252C |  | Box drawings light down and horizontal
boxvh | 253C |  | Box drawings light vertical and horizontal
boxvR | 255E |  | Box drawings vertical single and right double
boxhU | 2568 |  | Box drawings up double and horizontal single
boxvL | 2561 |  | Box drawings vertical single and left double
boxhD | 2565 |  | Box drawings down double and horizontal single
boxvH | 256A |  | Box drawings vertical single and horizontal double
boxH | 2550 |  | Box drawings double horizontal
boxV | 2551 |  | Box drawings double vertical
boxUR | 255A |  | Box drawings double up and right
boxUL | 255D |  | Box drawings double up and left
boxDL | 2557 |  | Box drawings double down and left
boxDR | 2554 |  | Box drawings double down and right
boxVR | 2560 |  | Box drawings double vertical and right
boxHU | 2569 |  | Box drawings double up and horizontal
boxVL | 2563 |  | Box drawings double vertical and left
boxHD | 2566 |  | Box drawings double down and horizontal
boxVH | 256C |  | Box drawings double vertical and horizontal
boxVr | 255F |  | Box drawings vertical double and right single
boxHu | 2567 |  | Box drawings up single and horizontal double
boxVl | 2562 |  | Box drawings vertical double and left single
boxHd | 2564 |  | Box drawings down single and horizontal double
boxVh | 256B |  | Box drawings vertical double and horizontal single
boxuR | 2558 |  | Box drawings up single and right double
boxUl | 255C |  | Box drawings up double and left single
boxdL | 2555 |  | Box drawings down single and left double
boxDr | 2553 |  | Box drawings down double and right single
boxUr | 2559 |  | Box drawings up double and right single
boxuL | 255B |  | Box drawings up single and left double
boxDl | 2556 |  | Box drawings down double and left single
boxdR | 2552 |  | Box drawings down single and right double

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