Unicode semigraphics keyboard

Keyboard mode to manually draw character graphics. Inspired by MSX graph mode, but reimagined for modern Unicode coverage. Freely available as xorg symbols export.

Esc
mode : numeric row shift meta +~ +! ○ +@ □ +# ☆ +$ ┈ +% ┊ +^ ☓ +& 🮬 +* 🮖 +( 🮭 +) ☹ +_ ♣ ++ ♦
mode : numeric row meta +` +1 ● +2 ■ +3 ★ +4 ╌ +5 ╎ +6 ✂ +7 🮫 +8 🮕 +9 🮪 +0 ☼ +- ♠ += ♥
mode : numeric row shift ~ ! ◄ @ ⇕ # ► $ ═ % ║ ^ ⚐ & ▞ * 🮚 ( ▚ ) ☺ _ ✘ + ✔
mode : numeric row ` 1 ⤡ 2 ↕ 3 ⤢ 4 ─ 5 │ 6 ⚑ 7 ░ 8 ▒ 9 ▓ 0 ☻ - ✗ = ✓
mode : top row shift meta +Q ◸ +W △ +E ◹ +R ╓ +T ╥ +Y ╖ +U 🮣 +I 🮦 +O 🮢 +P 🮨 +{ 🮗 +} 🮩
mode : top row meta +q ◤ +w ▲ +e ◥ +r ╒ +t ╤ +y ╕ +u ╭ +i ╷ +o ╮ +p 🮙 +[ ┄ +] 🮘
mode : top row shift Q ⇖ W ⇑ E ⇗ R ╔ T ╦ Y ╗ U ▟ I 🭯 O ▙ P ⋰ { ⋯ } ⋱
mode : top row q ↖ w ↑ e ↗ r ┌ t ┬ y ┐ u ▗ i ▄ o ▖ p ╱ [ ╳ ] ╲
mode : home row shift meta +A ◁ +S ◇ +D ▷ +F ╟ +G ╫ +H ╢ +J 🮥 +K 🮮 +L 🮤 +: 🮊 +" ⁘ +| ⁙
mode : home row meta +a ◀ +s ◆ +d ▶ +f ╞ +g ╪ +h ╡ +j ╶ +k 🮯 +l ╴ +; 🮇 +' ▪ +\ ┆
mode : home row shift A ⇐ S ⇔ D ⇒ F ╠ G ╬ H ╣ J 🭮 K 🮛 L 🭬 : ▊ " ▮ | ⋮
mode : home row a ← s ↔ d → f ├ g ┼ h ┤ j ▐ k █ l ▌ ; ▎ ' ▬ \ ·
mode : bottom row shift meta +Z ◺ +X ▽ +C ◿ +V ╙ +B ╨ +N ╜ +M 🮡 +< 🮧 +> 🮠 +? 🮅
mode : bottom row meta +z ◣ +x ▼ +c ◢ +v ╘ +b ╧ +n ╛ +m ╰ +, ╵ +. ╯ +/ 🮂
mode : bottom row shift Z ⇙ X ⇓ C ⇘ V ╚ B ╩ N ╝ M ▜ < 🭭 > ▛ ? ▆
mode : bottom row z ↙ x ↓ c ↘ v └ b ┴ n ┘ m ▝ , ▀ . ▘ / ▂

cp850
shared international repetoire in most DOS code pages
historic
extended graphics presentations of control characters in cp437 ea
cp437
ANSI art drawing glyphs in English code page 437 (OEM-US)
standard
gathered in the original Unicode release in 1993
extended
later additions accumulated within a decade, mostly Unicode 3.2
rare
exceptional symbols for legacy computing in Unicode since 2020