Show HN: A dot matrix rendered using Braille characters

Re:Show HN: A dot matrix rendered using Braille characters by adamrezich on Monday August 16, 2021 @02:26PM (#28201206)

the example in the readme doesn't render correctly for me (Chrome on Windows 10). is this an issue with the font or what?

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Re:Show HN: A dot matrix rendered using Braille characters by timfi on Monday August 16, 2021 @02:29PM (#28201251)

Yeah, I've noticed that a lot of "monospace" fonts don't actually use the same character width for all characters... What makes it even worse is that the "monospace" font used by GitHub is one of those. It screws me over from time to time as I like to format things nicely and use a lot of unicode...

I think I will need to add some images to the readme as well, just make it looks less wonky. :(

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Re:Show HN: A dot matrix rendered using Braille characters by SahAssar on Monday August 16, 2021 @02:34PM (#28201289)

Github uses a system font stack, this is the one for code blocks: `ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,SF Mono,Menlo,Consolas,Liberation Mono,monospace`.

I don't know if there are better monospace ones builtin on windows 10 that they could add to the stack.

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Re:Show HN: A dot matrix rendered using Braille characters by timfi on Monday August 16, 2021 @02:53PM (#28201502)

Not to get snarky (and certainly not at you, thanks for the info ;) ) but Microsoft owns Windows 10 as well as GitHub. If anyone could add a better default monospace font to the mix it would be them... :D

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Re:Show HN: A dot matrix rendered using Braille characters by ASalazarMX on Monday August 16, 2021 @03:04PM (#28201601)

Copy-pasted the example into Notepad and it still looks warped. Tried to align them adding three spaces to the middle of each line except the first and last, and most rows still don't align. Changed the font from Consolas to Courier to Courier New, and they still don't align.

Maybe Unicode Braille has issues with Windows monospace fonts? iOS and Linux display them aligned.

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Re:Show HN: A dot matrix rendered using Braille characters by timfi on Monday August 16, 2021 @03:13PM (#28201697)

It works for me using Pragamata Pro (my trusty default) and some preinstalled ones (at least mac) those being PT Mono, Spot Mono, and Andale Mono. It shouldn't be an issue as long as the "empty braille character", i.e. U+2800, doesn't get kerned to hell and back by the font.

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Re:Show HN: A dot matrix rendered using Braille characters by timfi on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @02:46AM (#28206902)

I've added some images and a disclaimer to the readme. In case you still want to see the proper results. ;)

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