You can also combine this with picture-mode[1] which gives a little bit more customisation of characters used. I'm always a bit sad that neither seems to allow

You can also combine this with picture-mode[1] which gives a little bit more customisation of characters used. I'm always a bit sad that neither seems to allow you to achieve an extended ASCII 3D look though, e.g: ┌╖ ╘╝ Otherwise emacs would be a brilliant level-designer for various ASCII RPGs of my youth. [1]: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Picture-Mode.html http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Pic...