You have been able to draw plots from proper graphing libraries using actual images for years in terminals that support the kitty graphics protocol. See GNUPlo

You have been able to draw plots from proper graphing libraries using actual images for years in terminals that support the kitty graphics protocol. See GNUPlot: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/integrations/#tool-gnuplot https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/integrations/#tool-gnuplot matplotlib: https://github.com/jktr/matplotlib-backend-kitty https://github.com/jktr/matplotlib-backend-kitty Julia: https://github.com/simonschoelly/KittyTerminalImages.jl https://github.com/simonschoelly/KittyTerminalImages.jl The kitty graphics protocol is supported in three major terminals these days: kitty, WezTerm, konsole.