U+1FB96 "🮖" Inverse Checker Board Fill Unicode Character

U+1FB96 "🮖" Inverse Checker Board Fill is a specialized symbol belonging to the Symbols for Legacy Computing supplemental block, introduced in Unicode version 13.0 in 2020. It represents a reverse or negative version of a standard checkerboard pattern, where the typical filled and empty squares are swapped, making it useful for retro computing graphics, terminal emulation, and text-based art to create contrasting textures or shading in monochrome displays. This character provides a precise graphical element for simulating dithering or filling areas with an inverted checkerboard motif, expanding the toolkit for recreating historical computer interfaces or designing pixelated visuals.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1FB96
Version Added	13.0
Name	Inverse Checker Board Fill
Block	Symbols for Legacy Computing
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	🮖
HTML Hex Encoding	🮖
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9F 0xAE 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83E 0xDF96
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001FB96
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83e\udf96

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	Alphabetic
Script	Common
Script Extensions	Common
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other