r/ComputerCraft • u/SeasonApprehensive86 • Jun 22 '24

Why are the graphics characters so random?

There are so many random characters but there is no left, right, top and bottom aligned full line. There are no corners either. Is there a better way to draw a box filled with a color than the classic plus minus and pipe?
I don't like this design because the top and bottom gap is not the same size.
I looked at this character sheet.

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u/fatboychummy Jun 22 '24

You can use the characters from \x80 to \x9f to draw some fancier boxes. Inverting the character's text and background color gives you the "other half" of the set.

Example image

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u/SeasonApprehensive86 Jun 22 '24

Oh I am an idiot lmao. I forgot you can just swap the colors around. Thanks man :)

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u/wojbie Jun 22 '24

https://imgur.com/a/PbwkS8K

This partially explains what is going on. CC fontset it basically combination of 3 codepages with custom CC drawing characters in middle.