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panzi06/16/20252 repliesview on HN

Do symbols for legacy computing work with it? Especially the 1/8ths vertical/horizontal blocks?


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cosmos007206/16/2025

If you mean the Unicode glyphs listed at https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_Elements they are supported - you just need a display driver that can render them. For example, `twin --hw=xft` (it's the default) or `twin --hw=X11`, both with a font that contains them

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JdeBP06/16/2025

Given that it's drawing TUI windows, the MouseText characters for doing that very thing on the Apple IIe would seem even more pertinent.

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