feat: v3.6.0 — classic/bold redesigned as native 5-row fonts with distinct glyph shapes#23
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…tinct glyph shapes
classic and bold were reduced in v3.5.0/v3.5.1 to the `block` font merely
re-inked with shade characters (classic=░, bold=▓) — they had no distinct
glyph shape, and bold's shade read nearly identical to block. Cycling the
three solid styles with `d` showed little observable change, and the original
terminal-numeral designs had been deleted rather than adapted.
This redesigns classic and bold as NATIVE 5-row fonts with genuinely distinct
glyph SHAPES, both inked with solid █:
- classic: cornered/open "rounded-terminal" numerals (notched corners, open
interiors → a softer, stylized silhouette).
- bold: heavy-slab numerals (filled corners + interior texture → a visibly
heavier weight).
Both keep the EXACT 5-row × 4-col block footprint (STYLE_METRICS unchanged), so
cycling never shifts the layout and both render their own glyphs at every window
size — including a minimized, non-zen window with session metadata — with no
fallback to block and no towering. The three solid styles (block/classic/bold)
are now distinguished by SHAPE + stroke weight, not by shade fill (the shade
approach was geometrically incapable of differentiating three solid styles at
the locked 5×4 footprint).
Glyph tables use only █/space so they cell-repeat scale cleanly exactly like
block. Every digit differs from block in ≥2 cells; classic differs from bold
in ≥4 cells; all legible at scale 1 in a minimized window. Removed the
shade-fill machinery (CLASSIC_FILL/BOLD_FILL/renderShaded).
Verification: build/typecheck/lint clean; 602 tests pass; footprint+shape
parity sweep and a no-fallback render at the reported 84×17 minimized window
both PASS. MINOR release; public default stays block; cycle order unchanged.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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What & why
classicandboldwere reduced in v3.5.0/v3.5.1 to theblockfont merely re-inked with shade characters (classic=░, bold=▓). They had no distinct glyph shape — just block with a different fill — and bold's▓read nearly identical to block's█. Cycling the three solid styles withdshowed little observable change, and the original terminal-numeral letterforms had been deleted rather than adapted to the locked footprint.This PR closes the recurring pattern from v3.3.1 → v3.5.1: the real defect was always geometry (the original classic/bold were 9-row, 5/6-wide → didn't fit the 5-row × 4-col footprint), and prior fixes either clamped or replaced the fonts instead of redesigning them natively.
The fix
classicandboldare now native 5-row fonts with genuinely distinct glyph shapes, both inked with solid█:classic— cornered/open rounded-terminal numerals (notched corners, open interiors → softer, stylized silhouette).bold— heavy-slab numerals (filled corners + interior texture → visibly heavier weight).Both keep the exact 5-row × 4-col block footprint (
STYLE_METRICSunchanged), so:dnever shifts the layout,The three solid styles (block/classic/bold) are now distinguished by shape + stroke weight, not by shade fill (shades couldn't differentiate three solid styles at 5×4). Glyph tables use only
█/space so they cell-repeat scale cleanly exactly like block.Verification (all PASS)
build✓ ·typecheck✓ ·lint✓ · 602 tests pass.MINOR release. Public default stays
block. Cycle order unchanged (block → simple → outline → minimal → classic → bold).🤖 Generated with Claude Code