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The problem with using braille characters is the spacing which leaves to uneven distribution of "pixels". This could be improved by using octants, which will be included in Unicode 16.

https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/Unicode-16.0/U160-1CC00.p...



The new Cascadia Code update has both braille and octants. https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/cascadia-code-240...


With the right font (e.g. http://viznut.fi/unscii/) and line spacing, braille characters work fine with an even distribution of pixels and no gaps.


That's pretty cool. Are there any terminals that ship with such a setup? Better yet, is it possible to override this behavior in your app? For example, could I make a TUI app specifically for plotting data, and have it select it's own font that's optimized for braille plotting?


I don't see a completely filled in octant. What character should be used for that?


I think U+2588 Full Block would work?


U+2588




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