Line symbols are Unicode characters such as ─ │ ═ ┃ ┈ ╱ that draw straight, dashed, double or diagonal lines when pasted as text. This page gathers more than 180 of them, grouped by weight and direction, and each one copies with a tap into a bio, a caption, a note or a plain-text table.
Line symbols copy and paste
Tap any line character to copy it, or open a group to find a weight and direction that fits. Names and code points sit on every button, and the search box filters the whole list at once.
Light and heavy horizontal lines
Vertical lines
Dashed and dotted box lines
Double-line characters
Corners, tees and crosses
Diagonal lines
Wavy and curved lines
Block and bar characters
Line combos
Ready-made divider lines
Straight-faced kaomoji
Light, heavy and double lines
The Box Drawing block holds the same line in three weights: light, heavy and double. Pick one weight and keep it through a whole divider, because mixing weights in one row looks uneven in most fonts.
| Weight | Characters | Code points | Typical use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light | U+2500, U+2502 and the light corners | Thin rules, tables, clean dividers | |
| Heavy | U+2501, U+2503 and the heavy corners | Strong separators, headings | |
| Double | U+2550, U+2551 and the double corners | Boxes and banners in plain text | |
| Dashed | U+2504, U+2508, U+254C and relatives | Soft dividers, “fill here” lines |
Line characters as text dividers
A line symbol is a text divider that never breaks the way an image can. Repeating ─ or ━ draws a rule between two parts of a bio, a caption or a plain-text email; repeating ┈ or ╌ gives a softer, dotted rule. A short line with a star or a diamond in the middle, such as ──── ⋆ ────, is the usual way to separate sections on a profile, and each ready-made divider in the list above pastes in one tap.
The characters are monospaced in design, which is why they line up in code editors and in terminals. In a proportional font, as on most social apps, the segments can leave tiny gaps, so a short divider usually looks cleaner than a long one.
Draw a box or a table with line characters
Corners and tees from the same block join the lines into frames. A top-left corner, a run of horizontal lines and a top-right corner form the top edge of a box, and vertical lines close the sides. Use a monospace view, such as a code block or a notes app with a fixed-width font, so every edge meets the next.
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Filled versus outline shapes beside a line
Filled versus outline shapes is the other choice when you build a divider: a filled character is heavy, an outline one is light. ▬ ■ ▰ ▮ are filled and ▭ □ ▱ ▯ are their outline twins, so a divider can fade from solid to open by swapping one for the other.
Stars for bios as the middle of a line
Stars for bios are the usual centre of a divider: ★ is filled, ☆ is outline, and ✦ ✧ ⋆ sit between them. The star symbols page has the full set.
Line generator: draw lines around your text
Type a word and the generator wraps it in sixteen line frames at once, from plain rules to boxed corners. Several frames also restyle the letters in bold, italic or script. For stars and ornaments to put in the middle of a divider, open the star symbols page; every symbol set is listed on the FancyTextTool homepage.
Questions about line symbols
What is the long line symbol I can copy and paste?
The long horizontal line most people want is ─ (light) or ━ (heavy), both in the Box Drawing block. An em dash — is a punctuation mark of similar length that sits at text height rather than at the middle of the line.
Why do my line symbols show gaps or stagger?
They were drawn for fixed-width fonts. In the proportional font of a social app each segment can have a slightly different width, so a shorter line or a single repeated character holds together better.
Can I use line symbols in a username?
Most username fields accept only letters, digits and a few marks, so a line symbol is usually refused there. Bios, captions, display names and messages normally accept them.
Updated October 28, 2026.