diff --git a/kitty/fonts.c b/kitty/fonts.c
index 6a5e6a12d..aeac4397d 100644
--- a/kitty/fonts.c
+++ b/kitty/fonts.c
@@ -577,8 +577,7 @@ START_ALLOW_CASE_RANGE
         case 0x2574 ... 0x259f:
         case 0x2800 ... 0x28ff:
         case 0xe0b0 ... 0xe0bf:    // powerline box drawing
-        case 0x1fb00 ... 0x1fb97:  // symbols for legacy computing
-        case 0x1fb9a ... 0x1fbae:  // symbols for legacy computing
+        case 0x1fb00 ... 0x1fbae:  // symbols for legacy computing
             return BOX_FONT;
         default:
             *is_emoji_presentation = has_emoji_presentation(cpu_cell, gpu_cell);
diff --git a/kitty/fonts/box_drawing.py b/kitty/fonts/box_drawing.py
index 1ab9a5b1b..2d8b15704 100644
--- a/kitty/fonts/box_drawing.py
+++ b/kitty/fonts/box_drawing.py
@@ -280,6 +280,21 @@ def cross_line(buf: SSByteArray, width: int, height: int, left: bool = True, lev
     thick_line(buf, width, height, buf.supersample_factor * thickness(level), p1, p2)
 
 
+@supersampled()
+def cross_shade(buf: SSByteArray, width: int, height: int, rotate: bool = False, density_factor: int = 4) -> None:
+    line_thickness = buf.supersample_factor * thickness(1)
+    delta = int(density_factor * line_thickness)
+
+    if rotate:
+        for x in range(0, width, delta):
+            thick_line(buf, width, height, line_thickness, (0 + x, height), (width + x, 0))
+            thick_line(buf, width, height, line_thickness, (0 - x, height), (width - x, 0))
+    else:
+        for x in range(0, width, delta):
+            thick_line(buf, width, height, line_thickness, (0 + x, 0), (width + x, height))
+            thick_line(buf, width, height, line_thickness, (0 - x, 0), (width - x, height))
+
+
 @supersampled()
 def half_cross_line(buf: SSByteArray, width: int, height: int, which: str = 'tl', level: int = 1) -> None:
     thickness_in_pixels = thickness(level) * buf.supersample_factor
@@ -926,6 +941,8 @@ box_chars: Dict[str, List[Callable[[BufType, int, int], Any]]] = {
     '🮝': [shade, p(mask, p(corner_triangle, corner='top-right'))],
     '🮞': [shade, p(mask, p(corner_triangle, corner='bottom-right'))],
     '🮟': [shade, p(mask, p(corner_triangle, corner='bottom-left'))],
+    '🮘': [cross_shade],
+    '🮙': [p(cross_shade, rotate=True)],
 
     '▔': [p(eight_bar, horizontal=True)],
     '▕': [p(eight_bar, which=7)],