When creating cli's I often want some nice full-width character. I find it tough to find them, and when I do half the time it is an image or something that cannot be copied 👿.

I rarely get very complex with my semi-manual ASCII art. I can do 98% of what I need with bars and corners. Using some simple full-width characters can really give your cli a nice clean look.

Example #

I'd say 50% of what I need is just a full-width horizontal bar to give some visual flair or separation.

Bars #


― ⍽ ⎸ ⎹ ␣ ─ ━ │ ┃

Square Corners #


┌ ┍ ┎ ┏ ┐ ┑ ┒ ┓ └ ┕ ┖ ┗ ┘ ┙ ┚ ┛

Round Corners #


╭ ╮ ╯ ╰ ╱ ╲ ╳

Harpoons #


 ⃑ ⃬ ⃭ ↼ ↽ ↾ ↿ ⇀ ⇁ ⇂ ⇃ ⇋ ⇌ ⥊ ⥋ ⥌ ⥍ ⥎ ⥏ ⥐ ⥑ ⥒ ⥓ ⥔ ⥕ ⥖ ⥗ ⥘ ⥙ ⥚ ⥛ ⥜ ⥝ ⥞ ⥟ ⥠ ⥡ ⥢ ⥣ ⥤ ⥥ ⥦ ⥧ ⥨ ⥩ ⥪ ⥫ ⥬ ⥭ ⥮ ⥯

Double Boxes #


═ ║ ╒ ╓ ╔ ╕ ╖ ╗ ╘ ╙ ╚ ╛ ╜ ╝ ╞ ╟ ╠ ╡ ╢ ╣ ╤ ╥ ╦ ╧ ╨ ╩ ╪ ╫ ╬

Dashed Boxes #


┄ ┅ ┆ ┇ ┈ ┉ ┊ ┋╌ ╍ ╎ ╏

Connectors #


├ ┝ ┞ ┟ ┠ ┡ ┢ ┣ ┤ ┥ ┦ ┧ ┨ ┩ ┪ ┫ ┬ ┭ ┮ ┯ ┰ ┱ ┲ ┳ ┴ ┵ ┶ ┷ ┸ ┹ ┺ ┻ ┼ ┽ ┾ ┿ ╀ ╁ ╂ ╃ ╄ ╅ ╆ ╇ ╈ ╉ ╊ ╋

Others #


☐ ☑ ☒ ⫍ ⫎ ⮹ ⮽ ⺆ ⼌ ⼐ ⼕

Arrows #


 ← ↑ → ↓ ↔ ↕ ↖ ↗ ↘ ↙ ↚ ↛ ↜ ↝ ↞ ↟ ↠ ↡ ↢ ↣ ↤ ↥ ↦ ↧ ↨ ↩ ↪ ↫ ↬ ↭ ↮ ↯ ↰ ↱ ↲ ↳ ↴ ↵ ↶ ↷ ↸ ↹ ↺ ↻ ⇄ ⇅ ⇆ ⇇ ⇈ ⇉ ⇊ ⇍ ⇎ ⇏ ⇐ ⇑ ⇒ ⇓ ⇔ ⇕ ⇖ ⇗ ⇘ ⇙ ⇚ ⇛ ⇜ ⇝ ⇞ ⇟ ⇠ ⇡ ⇢ ⇣ ⇤ ⇥ ⇦ ⇧ ⇨ ⇩ ⇪

Rounded Box #


╭――――――――――――――――――╮
│                  │
│                  │
│                  │
╰――――――――――――――――――╯

Resources #

As I was putting this together I stumbled accross a good site to find ascii characters and copy them. Unicode Full-Width Characters