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This one doesn't look correct in the terminal though as the characters don't join up

(parent):

  ╱╱╱╲╲╲╲╲╲╱╲╲╲╱╱╱╲╱╱╱╲╲╲
  ╱╱╲╲╲╲╲╲╲╲╱╱╲╲╲╱╲╲╱╱╲╲╲
vs (yours)

  \\\/\\\//\//\\///\\\\////\
  /\////\\\//\\\/\/\/\\\\/
Also in the terminal there isn't the space between the lines for the parent either (that's just HN formatting), but there is a space when using \ or /


The C64 font is (almost?) square, this also contributes to the nice effect.


It's square as it's 8x8 pixels, but the pixels themselves are not. There's a difference in aspect ratio between PAL and NTSC variants, and because the C64 was usually connected to a CRT, pretty much all bets are off.


That's because of HN formatting.


It's because u'\u2571' is a different character from chr(92)




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