Comment by jaxn 2 months ago I didn't even know there was a "three em dash". Bravo. 3 comments jaxn Reply zahlman 2 months ago Huh. It's displayed taking up three cells in my terminal, but laid out as if its width were one cell. Irritating. I wonder if there are any other grapheme clusters that don't properly fit in two cells? voidUpdate 2 months ago Yes, lots https://thottingal.in/blog/2026/03/22/complex-scripts-in-ter... sheept 2 months ago CJK text is typically rendered as 2 columns per character, but in general this is dependent on the terminal emulator
zahlman 2 months ago Huh. It's displayed taking up three cells in my terminal, but laid out as if its width were one cell. Irritating. I wonder if there are any other grapheme clusters that don't properly fit in two cells? voidUpdate 2 months ago Yes, lots https://thottingal.in/blog/2026/03/22/complex-scripts-in-ter... sheept 2 months ago CJK text is typically rendered as 2 columns per character, but in general this is dependent on the terminal emulator
sheept 2 months ago CJK text is typically rendered as 2 columns per character, but in general this is dependent on the terminal emulator
Huh. It's displayed taking up three cells in my terminal, but laid out as if its width were one cell. Irritating. I wonder if there are any other grapheme clusters that don't properly fit in two cells?
Yes, lots https://thottingal.in/blog/2026/03/22/complex-scripts-in-ter...
CJK text is typically rendered as 2 columns per character, but in general this is dependent on the terminal emulator