Box-drawing characters wouldn't give as much of the old school curses terminal hacker vibe. And yes I am aware that they used to use graphical box drawing char

Box-drawing characters wouldn't give as much of the old school curses terminal hacker vibe. And yes I am aware that they used to use graphical box drawing chars back in the day as well, but right now it's 2014 and it's the aesthetic that counts, too.