Character Set

Picomite uses an ASCII compatible character encoding.

Non-Printable ASCII characters (character code 0-31)

The first 32 characters in the ASCII-table are unprintable control codes and are used to control peripherals such as printers.

Int	HEX	Symbol	Unicode Codepoint	Description
00	00	␀	U+00000	Null character
01	01	␁	U+00001	Start of Heading
02	02	␂	U+00002	Start of Text
03	03	␃	U+00003	End of Text
04	04	␄	U+00004	End of Transmission
05	05	␅	U+00005	Enquiry
06	06	␆	U+00006	Acknowledge
07	07	␇	U+00007	Bell, Alert
08	08	␈	U+00008	Backspace
09	09	␉	U+00009	Horizontal Tab
10	0A	␊	U+0000A	Line Feed
11	0B	␋	U+0000B	Vertical Tabulation
12	0C	␌	U+0000C	Form Feed
13	0D	␍	U+0000D	Carriage Return
14	0E	␎	U+0000E	Shift Out
15	0F	␏	U+0000F	Shift In
16	10	␐	U+00010	Data Link Escape
17	11	␑	U+00011	Device Control One (XON)
18	12	␒	U+00012	Device Control Two
19	13	␓	U+00013	Device Control Three (XOFF)
20	14	␔	U+00014	Device Control Four
21	15	␕	U+00015	Negative Acknowledge
22	16	␖	U+00016	Synchronous Idle
23	17	␗	U+00017	End of Transmission Block
24	18	␘	U+00018	Cancel
25	19	␙	U+00019	End of medium
26	1A	␚	U+0001A	Substitute
27	1B	␛	U+0001B	Escape
28	1C	␜	U+0001C	File Separator
29	1D	␝	U+0001D	Group Separator
30	1E	␞	U+0001E	Record Separator
31	1F	␟	U+0001F	Unit Separator

Codes 32-127 are common for all the different variations of the ASCII table, they are called printable characters, represent letters, digits, punctuation marks, and a few miscellaneous symbols. You will find almost every character on your keyboard.

Int	HEX	Symbol	Unicode Codepoint	Description
32	20	`SP`	U+00020	Space
33	21	!	U+00021	Exclamation mark
34	22	"	U+00022	Double quotes (or speech marks)
35	23	#	U+00023	Number sign
36	24	$	U+00024	Dollar
37	25	%	U+00025	Per cent sign
38	26	&	U+00026	Ampersand
39	27	'	U+00027	Single quote
40	28	(	U+00028	Open parenthesis (or open bracket)
41	29	)	U+00029	Close parenthesis (or close bracket)
42	2A	*	U+0002A	Asterisk
43	2B	+	U+0002B	Plus
44	2C	,	U+0002C	Comma
45	2D	-	U+0002D	Hyphen-minus
46	2E	.	U+0002E	Period, dot or full stop
47	2F	/	U+0002F	Slash or divide
48	30	0	U+00030	Zero
49	31	1	U+00031	One
50	32	2	U+00032	Two
51	33	3	U+00033	Three
52	34	4	U+00034	Four
53	35	5	U+00035	Five
54	36	6	U+00036	Six
55	37	7	U+00037	Seven
56	38	8	U+00038	Eight
57	39	9	U+00039	Nine
58	3A	:	U+0003A	Colon
59	3B	;	U+0003B	Semicolon
60	3C	<	U+0003C	Less than (or open angled bracket)
61	3D	=	U+0003D	Equals
62	3E	>	U+0003E	Greater than (or close angled bracket)
63	3F	?	U+0003F	Question mark
64	40	@	U+00040	At sign
65	41	A	U+00041	Uppercase A
66	42	B	U+00042	Uppercase B
67	43	C	U+00043	Uppercase C
68	44	D	U+00044	Uppercase D
69	45	E	U+00045	Uppercase E
70	46	F	U+00046	Uppercase F
71	47	G	U+00047	Uppercase G
72	48	H	U+00048	Uppercase H
73	49	I	U+00049	Uppercase I
74	4A	J	U+0004A	Uppercase J
75	4B	K	U+0004B	Uppercase K
76	4C	L	U+0004C	Uppercase L
77	4D	M	U+0004D	Uppercase M
78	4E	N	U+0004E	Uppercase N
79	4F	O	U+0004F	Uppercase O
80	50	P	U+00050	Uppercase P
81	51	Q	U+00051	Uppercase Q
82	52	R	U+00052	Uppercase R
83	53	S	U+00053	Uppercase S
84	54	T	U+00054	Uppercase T
85	55	U	U+00055	Uppercase U
86	56	V	U+00056	Uppercase V
87	57	W	U+00057	Uppercase W
88	58	X	U+00058	Uppercase X
89	59	Y	U+00059	Uppercase Y
90	5A	Z	U+0005A	Uppercase Z
91	5B	[	U+0005B	Opening bracket
92	5C	\	U+0005C	Backslash
93	5D	]	U+0005D	Closing bracket
94	5E	^	U+0005E	Caret - circumflex
95	5F	_	U+0005F	Underscore
96	60	`	U+00060	Grave accent
97	61	a	U+00061	Lowercase a
98	62	b	U+00062	Lowercase b
99	63	c	U+00063	Lowercase c
100	64	d	U+00064	Lowercase d
101	65	e	U+00065	Lowercase e
102	66	f	U+00066	Lowercase f
103	67	g	U+00067	Lowercase g
104	68	h	U+00068	Lowercase h
105	69	i	U+00069	Lowercase i
106	6A	j	U+0006A	Lowercase j
107	6B	k	U+0006B	Lowercase k
108	6C	l	U+0006C	Lowercase l
109	6D	m	U+0006D	Lowercase m
110	6E	n	U+0006E	Lowercase n
111	6F	o	U+0006F	Lowercase o
112	70	p	U+00070	Lowercase p
113	71	q	U+00071	Lowercase q
114	72	r	U+00072	Lowercase r
115	73	s	U+00073	Lowercase s
116	74	t	U+00074	Lowercase t
117	75	u	U+00075	Lowercase u
118	76	v	U+00076	Lowercase v
119	77	w	U+00077	Lowercase w
120	78	x	U+00078	Lowercase x
121	79	y	U+00079	Lowercase y
122	7A	z	U+0007A	Lowercase z
123	7B	{	U+0007B	Opening brace
124	7C	\|	U+0007C	Vertical bar
125	7D	}	U+0007D	Closing brace
126	7E	~	U+0007E	Equivalency sign - tilde
127	7F	⌂	U+2302	HOUSE ¹ ²

Character 127 should represent the command DEL, but is replaced for all fonts on PicoMite.

Symbols

Fonts 1 and 4 have an extended character set. The symbols are not from the ASCII standard, some are not even in Unicode (as of 2025)

Int	Char	Unicode Codepoint	Description
128	☐	U+2610	BALLOT BOX
129	☑	U+2611	BALLOT BOX WITH CHECK
130	☒	U+2612	BALLOT BOX WITH X
131	⊡	U+22A1	SQUARED DOT OPERATOR
132	⊟	U+229F	SQUARED MINUS²
133	&		BALLOT BOX WITH EXCLAMATION MARK ³
134	&		BALLOT BOX WITH QUESTION MARK ³
135	☻	U+263B	BLACK SMILING FACE
136	☺	U+263A	WHITE SMILING FACE
137	♦	U+2666	BLACK DIAMOND SUIT
138	♣	U+2663	BLACK CLUB SUIT
139	♠	U+2660	BLACK SPADE SUIT
140	♥	U+2665	BLACK HEART SUIT
141	◙	U+25D9	INVERSE WHITE CIRCLE
142	●	U+25CF	BLACK CIRCLE
143	♪	U+266A	EIGHTH NOTE
144	↕	U+2195	UP DOWN ARROW
145	↔	U+2194	LEFT RIGHT ARROW
146	↑	U+2191	UPWARDS ARROW
147	↓	U+2193	DOWNWARDS ARROW
148	→	U+2192	RIGHTWARDS ARROW
149	←	U+2190	LEFTWARDS ARROW
150	⏻	U+23FB	POWER SYMBOL
151	💡	U+1F4A1	ELECTRIC LIGHT BULB
152	🧍	U+1F9CD	STANDING PERSON
153			SECURE DIGITAL STORAGE CARD ³
154			LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE WHITE ³
155			LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE BLACK ³
156	🔊	U+1F50A	SPEAKER WITH THREE SOUND WAVES²
157	¶	U+00B6	PILCROW SIGN
158	🗲	U+1F5F2	LIGHTNING MOOD²
159	★	U+2605	BLACK STAR
160	⏸	U+23F8	DOUBLE VERTICAL BAR
161	⏵	U+23F5	BLACK MEDIUM RIGHT-POINTING TRIANGLE
162	⏹	U+23F9	BLACK SQUARE FOR STOP
163	🔍	U+1F50D	LEFT-POINTING MAGNIFYING GLASS
164	€	U+20AC	EURO SIGN
165	🏠	U+1F3E0	HOUSE BUILDING
166	🗑	U+1F5D1	WASTEBASKET
167			CIRCLED HEAVY WHITE UPWARDS ARROW ³
168	🖵	U+1F5B5	SCREEN
169	❗	U+2757	HEAVY EXCLAMATION MARK SYMBOL
170	🌩	U+1F329	CLOUD WITH LIGHTNING
171	ᴼᵢ	U+1D3C U+1D62	MODIFIER LETTER CAPITAL O LATIN SUBSCRIPT SMALL LETTER I²
172	🔑	U+1F511	KEY

Borders and UI Elements

Int	Char	Unicode Codepoint	Description
173	𜱅	U+1CC45	DENSE HORIZONTAL FILL
174	𜱄	U+1CC44	DENSE VERTICAL FILL
175	🮕	U+1FB95	CHECKER BOARD FILL
176	🮘	U+1FB98	UPPER LEFT TO LOWER RIGHT FILL
177	▒	U+2592	MEDIUM SHADE
178	🮙	U+1FB99	UPPER RIGHT TO LOWER LEFT FILL
179	│	U+2502	BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT VERTICAL
180	┤	U+2524	BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT VERTICAL AND LEFT
181	╡	U+2561	BOX DRAWINGS VERTICAL SINGLE AND LEFT DOUBLE
182	╢	U+2562	BOX DRAWINGS VERTICAL DOUBLE AND LEFT SINGLE
183	╖	U+2556	BOX DRAWINGS DOWN DOUBLE AND LEFT SINGLE
184	╕	U+2555	BOX DRAWINGS DOWN SINGLE AND LEFT DOUBLE
185	╣	U+2563	BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE VERTICAL AND LEFT
186	║	U+2551	BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE VERTICAL
187	╗	U+2557	BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE DOWN AND LEFT
188	╝	U+255D	BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE UP AND LEFT
189	╜	U+255C	BOX DRAWINGS UP DOUBLE AND LEFT SINGLE
190	╛	U+255B	BOX DRAWINGS UP SINGLE AND LEFT DOUBLE
191	┐	U+2510	BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT DOWN AND LEFT
192	└	U+2514	BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT UP AND RIGHT
193	┴	U+2534	BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT UP AND HORIZONTAL
194	┬	U+252C	BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT DOWN AND HORIZONTAL
195	├	U+251C	BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT VERTICAL AND RIGHT
196	─	U+2500	BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT HORIZONTAL
197	┼	U+253C	BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL
198	╞	U+255E	BOX DRAWINGS VERTICAL SINGLE AND RIGHT DOUBLE
199	╟	U+255F	BOX DRAWINGS VERTICAL DOUBLE AND RIGHT SINGLE
200	╚	U+255A	BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE UP AND RIGHT
201	╔	U+2554	BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE DOWN AND RIGHT
202	╩	U+2569	BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE UP AND HORIZONTAL
203	╦	U+2566	BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE DOWN AND HORIZONTAL
204	╠	U+2560	BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE VERTICAL AND RIGHT
205	═	U+2550	BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE HORIZONTAL
206	╬	U+256C	BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL
207	╧	U+2567	BOX DRAWINGS UP SINGLE AND HORIZONTAL DOUBLE
208	╨	U+2568	BOX DRAWINGS UP DOUBLE AND HORIZONTAL SINGLE
209	╤	U+2564	BOX DRAWINGS DOWN SINGLE AND HORIZONTAL DOUBLE
210	╥	U+2565	BOX DRAWINGS DOWN DOUBLE AND HORIZONTAL SINGLE
211	╙	U+2559	BOX DRAWINGS UP DOUBLE AND RIGHT SINGLE
212	╘	U+2558	BOX DRAWINGS UP SINGLE AND RIGHT DOUBLE
213	╒	U+2552	BOX DRAWINGS DOWN SINGLE AND RIGHT DOUBLE
214	╓	U+2553	BOX DRAWINGS DOWN DOUBLE AND RIGHT SINGLE
215	╫	U+256B	BOX DRAWINGS VERTICAL DOUBLE AND HORIZONTAL SINGLE
216	╪	U+256A	BOX DRAWINGS VERTICAL SINGLE AND HORIZONTAL DOUBLE
217	┘	U+2518	BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT UP AND LEFT
218	┌	U+250C	BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT DOWN AND RIGHT
219	█	U+2588	FULL BLOCK
220	▄	U+2584	LOWER HALF BLOCK
221	▌	U+258C	LEFT HALF BLOCK
222	▐	U+2590	RIGHT HALF BLOCK
223	▀	U+2580	UPPER HALF BLOCK

Math Symbols

Int	Char	Unicode Codepoint	Description
224	α	U+03B1	GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA
225	β	U+3B2	GREEK SMALL LETTER BETA
226	Γ	U+393	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER GAMMA
227	π	U+3C0	GREEK SMALL LETTER PI
228	Σ	U+3A3	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER SIGMA
229	σ	U+3C3	GREEK SMALL LETTER SIGMA
230	μ	U+3BC	GREEK SMALL LETTER MU
231	γ	U+3B3	GREEK SMALL LETTER GAMMA
232	Φ	U+3A6	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PHI
233	Θ	U+398	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER THETA
234	Ω	U+3A9	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMEGA
235	δ	U+3B4	GREEK SMALL LETTER DELTA
236	∞	U+221E	INFINITY
237	∞̷	U+221E U+0337	INFINITY COMBINING SHORT SOLIDUS OVERLAY²
238	∈	U+2208	ELEMENT OF
239	∩	U+2229	INTERSECTION
240	≡	U+2261	IDENTICAL TO
241	±	U+B1	PLUS-MINUS SIGN
242	≥	U+2265	GREATER-THAN OR EQUAL TO
243	≤	U+2264	LESS-THAN OR EQUAL TO
244	½	U+BD	VULGAR FRACTION ONE HALF
245	¼	U+BC	VULGAR FRACTION ONE QUARTER
246	÷	U+F7	DIVISION SIGN
247	≈	U+2248	ALMOST EQUAL TO
248	`	U+60	GRAVE ACCENT
249	·	U+B7	MIDDLE DOT
250	ᐨ	U+1428	CANADIAN SYLLABICS FINAL SHORT HORIZONTAL STROKE²
251	√	U+221A	SQUARE ROOT
252	ⁿ	U+207F	SUPERSCRIPT LATIN SMALL LETTER N
253	²	U+B2	SUPERSCRIPT TWO
254	∎	U+220E	END OF PROOF
255	✵	U+2735	EIGHT POINTED PINWHEEL STAR²

visual approximation, using the closest match

no unicode equivalent as of Unicode v16.0 (Sep. 2024)