[BUG] Glyph U+23BF renders as tofu in the Claude Code TUI
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- [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code
What's Wrong?
U+23BF ⎿ (DENTISTRY SYMBOL LIGHT VERTICAL AND BOTTOM RIGHT) renders as tofu in the Claude Code TUI
What Should Happen?
Symbol should be more common. Claude Code's TUI uses ⎿ (and its mirror ⎾, U+23BE) as corner bracket characters to draw the edges of input boxes and bordered UI elements. They're from the "Dentistry Symbols" block but happen to be perfect L-shaped corners for box-drawing purposes. You'll also see U+23B8/U+23B9 (⎸⎹) used as vertical bars in the same UI. It's a quirky choice since the Box Drawing block (U+2500–U+257F) has more conventional alternatives.
Error Messages/Logs
No fonts on my system, including the popular nerdfont variant of JetBrains Mono has this glyph.
Steps to Reproduce
Open the Claude Code TUI. See: ⎿ (0x23bf)
Claude Model
Sonnet (default)
Is this a regression?
Yes, this worked in a previous version
Last Working Version
_No response_
Claude Code Version
2.1.84 (Claude Code)
Platform
Anthropic API
Operating System
Ubuntu/Debian Linux
Terminal/Shell
Other
Additional Information
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