U+008B "PLD" PARTIAL LINE DOWN Unicode Character

U+008B "PLD" PARTIAL LINE DOWN is a control character defined in the C1 control code set, not intended for typical text display but for terminal or teletype control protocols where it instructs the output device to move the printing position downwards by a fraction of a line, often one half or one third, without resetting the horizontal position. Originating from standards like ISO 6429, it allows for precise, sub-line vertical spacing adjustments, such as creating superscripts or subscripts in plain text, though its actual rendered behavior depends entirely on the implementation of the terminal or software that interprets it.

General Properties

Code Point	U+008B
Version Added	1.1
Unicode 1.0 Name	Partial Line Forward
Block	Latin-1 Supplement
General Category	Control
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Boundary Neutral
Alias	PARTIAL LINE DOWN (control) PARTIAL LINE FORWARD (control) PLD (abbreviation)

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	‹
HTML Hex Encoding	‹
UTF-8 Encoding	0xC2 0x8B
UTF-16 Encoding	0x008B
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000008B
C/C++/Java Escape	\u008b

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Combining Mark
Script	Common
Script Extensions	Common
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Cluster Break	Control
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other