Terminal doesn't render light arc characters well #9312

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opened 2026-01-31 01:51:27 +00:00 by claunia · 3 comments
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Originally created by @willmcgugan on GitHub (Jun 28, 2020).

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Windows Terminal
Version: 1.0.1401.0

Platform ServicePack Version      VersionString
-------- ----------- -------      -------------
 Win32NT             10.0.18363.0 Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.18363.0

Steps to reproduce

Windows terminal doesn't render unicode box drawing "light arc" characters very well. The don't quite align and are not anti-aliased.

Expected behavior

This is on iTerm on OSX. Other terminals are similar...

Screen Shot 2020-06-28 at 14 30 43

Actual behavior

Screen Shot 2020-06-28 at 14 30 05

A fairly minor issue I know! I use these characters a lot to render boxes with rounded edges.

Originally created by @willmcgugan on GitHub (Jun 28, 2020). # Environment ```none Windows Terminal Version: 1.0.1401.0 Platform ServicePack Version VersionString -------- ----------- ------- ------------- Win32NT 10.0.18363.0 Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.18363.0 ``` # Steps to reproduce Windows terminal doesn't render unicode box drawing ["light arc"](https://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/256d/index.htm) characters very well. The don't quite align and are not anti-aliased. # Expected behavior This is on iTerm on OSX. Other terminals are similar... <img width="106" alt="Screen Shot 2020-06-28 at 14 30 43" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/554369/85950329-0164dc00-b954-11ea-9867-f5ffccc7bdc4.png"> # Actual behavior <img width="106" alt="Screen Shot 2020-06-28 at 14 30 05" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/554369/85950316-f90ca100-b953-11ea-8df8-e42605bfab4e.png"> A fairly minor issue I know! I use these characters a lot to render boxes with rounded edges.
claunia added the Resolution-Duplicate label 2026-01-31 01:51:27 +00:00
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@j4james commented on GitHub (Jun 28, 2020):

This was previously discussed in https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/5897#issuecomment-628447641, so I suspect it'll be covered by that issue.

@j4james commented on GitHub (Jun 28, 2020): This was previously discussed in https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/5897#issuecomment-628447641, so I suspect it'll be covered by that issue.
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@DHowett commented on GitHub (Jun 29, 2020):

Yep. I'm gonna close this one out as a /dupe of #5897 -- we'll make sure we get it at the same time

@DHowett commented on GitHub (Jun 29, 2020): Yep. I'm gonna close this one out as a /dupe of #5897 -- we'll make sure we get it at the same time
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Jun 29, 2020):

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!

@ghost commented on GitHub (Jun 29, 2020): Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!
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Reference: starred/terminal#9312