When I was using MS-DOS, boxes were typically done with line-drawing characters that are basically the same that can be used in terminals nowadays, i.e. with co

When I was using MS-DOS, boxes were typically done with line-drawing characters that are basically the same that can be used in terminals nowadays, i.e. with color bleeding. But then I learned that it was possible to avoid that, by creating some custom characters (still staying in text mode on an EGA/VGA) to have the lines exactly at the border of the character boxes. It was looking much better, and I still believe that. Now, I'm not saying that my eyes hurt when I see boxes with color bleeding in a terminal. I've seen so many in years of TUI under DOS that I find them to be absolutely normal. But when I see a nicely done TUI, possibly in an unexpected or creative way, I find it more pleasing to use. It is the same as for a GUI: why not keep Windows 3.1 window decorations, if those details are not so important? The fact that it is in a terminal or not does not make any difference. Aesthetics are medium-agnostic, they are valid both for TUIs and GUIs.