# "box drawing character" doesn't seem to be used

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/box-drawing-character-doesnt-seem-to-be-used/24917>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [October 11, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/box-drawing-character-doesnt-seem-to-be-used/24917 "2020-10-11T15:26:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![kemi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/839c29/32.png) [@kemi](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kemi)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/box-drawing-character-doesnt-seem-to-be-used/24917/1 "2020-10-11T15:26:18Z")

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Experimental build #11088

It seems that the “box drawing character” included in the font is not used even if the “SDL ASCII Lines” option is turned off. Curiously, it is used successfully in “overmap”.

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**Author:** ![Zhilkin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/zhilkin/32/3749_2.png) [@Zhilkin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zhilkin)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 11:45am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/box-drawing-character-doesnt-seem-to-be-used/24917/2 "2020-10-12T11:45:15Z")

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Could you provide more details? Where do you see it is not being used?

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**Author:** ![kemi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/839c29/32.png) [@kemi](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kemi)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 2:54am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/box-drawing-character-doesnt-seem-to-be-used/24917/3 "2020-10-13T02:54:33Z")

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Thanks reply.

It is not used on normal game screens ( building walls, vehicle boards, etc ).

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**Author:** ![Zhilkin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/zhilkin/32/3749_2.png) [@Zhilkin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zhilkin)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 7:20am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/box-drawing-character-doesnt-seem-to-be-used/24917/4 "2020-10-13T07:20:30Z")

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What do you see in place of walls or boards? Still SDL-drawn lines?

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**Author:** ![kemi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/839c29/32.png) [@kemi](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kemi)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/box-drawing-character-doesnt-seem-to-be-used/24917/5 "2020-10-13T15:22:22Z")

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Yes. line by SDL is drawn.

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**Author:** ![kemi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/839c29/32.png) [@kemi](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kemi)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 9:09am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/box-drawing-character-doesnt-seem-to-be-used/24917/6 "2020-10-20T09:09:12Z")

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It may be wrong that the box drawing character is not used.

To be precise, it looks like the line in the X direction is missing one pixel.

![ss](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/2X/c/c729bc9d10ff799f7a76257d9fd2cd8189b1aa57.png)

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**Author:** ![GiggleGrassGatherer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/gigglegrassgatherer/32/7743_2.png) [@GiggleGrassGatherer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/GiggleGrassGatherer)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 11:06am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/box-drawing-character-doesnt-seem-to-be-used/24917/7 "2020-10-20T11:06:38Z")

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Looks like those tiles (al tiles, probably. we just cannot see that because of symmetry) need to be rotated additional 90 degrees clockwise.

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**Author:** ![kemi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/839c29/32.png) [@kemi](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kemi)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 7:15am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/box-drawing-character-doesnt-seem-to-be-used/24917/8 "2020-10-23T07:15:49Z")

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I have set up another topic on this subject. This is a problem that occurs even when using tiles, but the display remains the same even now.