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There are already several escape sequences for doing just this. In fact the original way of drawing terminal graphics was using a 7bit escape sequence to switch
by hnlmorg 2y ago
There are already several escape sequences for doing just this. In fact the original way of drawing terminal graphics was using a 7bit escape sequence to switch to a terminal graphics font.
Personally I’d rather see in-lined vector graphics become better supported. This was available on some of the Techtonix (iirc) hardware VTs and as far as I know, the only widespread terminal emulator to support that particular mode is xterm.
- layer8 2y agoIsn't that more like switching to a different character set, with supporting fonts having to be already present? Or what are you referring to? I was thinking along the lines of online (or inline) fonts, similar to web fonts in CSS, which would allow for arbitrary custom glyphs.
- LukeShu 2y agoSixel graphics on the vt220 (1983) worked by defining a custom font of 10x10 px characters (9x10 in high-resolution mode), which you could then switch to for any given character. As far as I know, there is no terminal emulator that supports this flavor if sixel graphics.