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Light horizontal line symbol ─

Light horizontal line (─) is Unicode U+2500. Tap Copy to grab it, or type it on any device using the steps below.

A thin horizontal line from the box-drawing set. Repeated, it makes a clean divider or the edge of a text frame.

How to type ─

Fastest way on each device: Windows, iPhone and Android, copy and paste; Mac, the Character Viewer (Control+Command+Space); Linux, Ctrl+Shift+U then 2500.

Windows

Tap Copy above, then press Ctrl+V where you want ─.

Windows has no built-in shortcut for it. In Microsoft Word, type 2500 and then press Alt+X.

Mac

Press Control+Command+Space, search for “light horizontal line” and double-click ─.

That shortcut opens the Character Viewer, which has every Unicode symbol.

iPhone

Tap Copy above, then touch and hold where you want ─ and tap Paste.

To type it from the keyboard, open Settings › General › Keyboard › Text Replacement, tap +, paste ─ as the Phrase and add a Shortcut.

Android

Tap Copy above, then touch and hold where you want ─ and tap Paste.

To type it from the keyboard in Gboard, open Gboard settings › Dictionary › Personal dictionary, tap +, paste ─ and add a shortcut.

Linux

Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 2500, then press Space or Enter. This works in most GTK and IBus apps.

Word and Google Docs

Word: type 2500, then press Alt+X.

Google Docs: open Insert › Special characters and search for “light horizontal line”.

Codes for ─

UnicodeU+2500
Official nameBOX DRAWINGS LIGHT HORIZONTAL
BlockBox Drawing
Added inUnicode 1.1
HTML decimal─
HTML hex─
CSScontent: "\2500";
JavaScript"\u2500"
Python"\u2500"
UTF-8 bytesE2 94 80
Ad slot 300 × 250, height reserved

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