figures

Unicode symbols with Windows CMD fallbacks

and more...

Windows CMD only supports a limited character set.

Install

$ npm install figures

Usage

See the source for supported symbols.

const figures = require('figures');

console.log(figures('✔︎ check'));
// On non-Windows OSes:  ✔︎ check
// On Windows:           √ check

console.log(figures.tick);
// On non-Windows OSes:  ✔︎
// On Windows:           √

console.log(figures.main.tick);
// On all OSes:  ✔︎

console.log(figures.windows.tick);
// On all OSes:  √

API

figures(string)

Returns the input with replaced fallback Unicode symbols on Windows.

All the below figures are attached to the main export as shown in the example above.

string

Type: string

String where the Unicode symbols will be replaced with fallback symbols depending on the OS.

figures.main

Symbols to use when not running on Windows.

figures.windows

Symbols to use when running on Windows.

Figures

Name	Non-Windows	Windows
tick	✔	√
cross	✖	×
star	★	*
square	▇	█
squareSmall	◻	[ ]
squareSmallFilled	◼	[█]
play	▶	►
circle	◯	( )
circleFilled	◉	(*)
circleDotted	◌	( )
circleDouble	◎	( )
circleCircle	ⓞ	(○)
circleCross	ⓧ	(×)
circlePipe	Ⓘ	(│)
circleQuestionMark	?⃝	(?)
bullet	●	*
dot	․	.
line	─	─
ellipsis	…	...
pointer	❯	>
pointerSmall	›	»
info	ℹ	i
warning	⚠	‼
hamburger	☰	≡
smiley	㋡	☺
mustache	෴	┌─┐
heart	♥	♥
nodejs	⬢	♦
arrowUp	↑	↑
arrowDown	↓	↓
arrowLeft	←	←
arrowRight	→	→
radioOn	◉	(*)
radioOff	◯	( )
checkboxOn	☒	[×]
checkboxOff	☐	[ ]
checkboxCircleOn	ⓧ	(×)
checkboxCircleOff	Ⓘ	( )
questionMarkPrefix	?⃝	？
oneHalf	½	1/2
oneThird	⅓	1/3
oneQuarter	¼	1/4
oneFifth	⅕	1/5
oneSixth	⅙	1/6
oneSeventh	⅐	1/7
oneEighth	⅛	1/8
oneNinth	⅑	1/9
oneTenth	⅒	1/10
twoThirds	⅔	2/3
twoFifths	⅖	2/5
threeQuarters	¾	3/4
threeFifths	⅗	3/5
threeEighths	⅜	3/8
fourFifths	⅘	4/5
fiveSixths	⅚	5/6
fiveEighths	⅝	5/8
sevenEighths	⅞	7/8

Related

• log-symbols - Colored symbols for various log levels

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