Decorative Text Borders & Box Drawing Symbols ╔═╗ Copy-Paste
Create beautiful text borders and frames using Unicode box drawing characters. Perfect for text art, Discord bios, and social media profiles.
Box Drawing Characters
Unicode includes a complete set of box drawing characters (U+2500–U+257F) that let you create boxes, frames, and decorative borders in plain text:
─
Horizontal
U+2500
│
Vertical
U+2502
┌
Top-left
U+250C
┐
Top-right
U+2510
└
Bottom-left
U+2514
┘
Bottom-right
U+2518
├
Left T
U+251C
┤
Right T
U+2524
┬
Top T
U+252C
┴
Bottom T
U+2534
┼
Cross
U+253C
═
Double Horiz
U+2550
║
Double Vert
U+2551
╔
Double TL
U+2554
╗
Double TR
U+2557
╚
Double BL
U+255A
╝
Double BR
U+255D
╠
Double L-T
U+2560
╣
Double R-T
U+2563
╦
Double Top-T
U+2566
╩
Double Bot-T
U+2569
╬
Double Cross
U+256C
▀
Upper Block
U+2580
▄
Lower Block
U+2584
Ready-to-Use Border Templates
Copy these complete border templates for instant use:
Single Line Box
┌─────────────┐ │ Your Text │ └─────────────┘
Double Line Box
╔═════════════╗ ║ Your Text ║ ╚═════════════╝
Fancy Border
╭─────────────╮ │ Your Text │ ╰─────────────╯
Mixed Style
╔═════════════╗ ║ Your Text ║ ╠═════════════╣ ║ More Text ║ ╚═════════════╝
Decorative Line Dividers
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
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┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄
┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈
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✦ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✦
Block & Shade Characters
█
Full Block
▓
Dark Shade
▒
Med Shade
░
Light Shade
▌
Left Half
▐
Right Half
▀
Upper Half
▄
Lower Half
▲
Black Triangle Up
▼
Black Triangle Down
◆
Black Diamond
◈
Dotted Diamond
Uses for Text Borders
- Discord bios and profiles: Create structured, visually appealing server bios
- Text documents: Add visual structure to plain text files and notes
- Terminal/CLI applications: Build text-based user interfaces
- Social media posts: Make announcements stand out with decorative frames
- Chat messages: Highlight important information with borders