START OF SELECTED AREA
| Codepoint | U+0086 |
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Control Character |
| Block | C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement (Latin-1 Supplement) |
| Sub-Block | C1 controls |
| Category | Cc / Other, control |
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| Description | The "Start of Selected Area" (SSA) control character was used in the 1970s for controlling printers and displays (e.g. VT100). Starts a string of character positions whose contents can be transmitted. The string ends at EPA (or end of display). |
| How to type "" in Windows? | hold alt type + type 86 release alt |
| How to type "" in Linux? | hold ctrl+shift type U 86 release ctrl+shift |