Is there an ASCII arrow that will fit seamlessly with the box-drawing characters?

Question

I'm getting creative with my prompt and on part of it I'm trying to do the following:

└→

Though it looks better than this, even in the console it has a small gap.

Does anyone know of an arrow character that would not do this?

Answer 1

People, we clearly have an obsession with ARROWS. These are all the thin, solid, straight, right-facing arrows that were displayed on my computer's Character Map. One or more of these might line up with the box drawing characters, ─ for example, depending on your font. Now let me put one before each of these arrow characters and you can see which works for you:

─→ ─⇾ ─► ─▶ ─▸ ─➔ ─➙ ─➛ ─➝ ─➜ ─➞ ─➢ ─➣ ─➤ ─⟶ ─⭢ ─⮚ ─⮞ ─⯈ ─🠂 ─🠆 ─🠊 ─🠒 ─🠖 ─🠚 ─🠞 ─🠢 ─🠦 ─🡒 ─🡢 ─🡪 ─🢒 ─🭬

Answer 2

This might do the trick: 🭬 (U+1FB6C). The following 3 characters could be used for arrowheads in different directions.

It's a flush left right pointing triangle. See the "LEFT TRIANGULAR ONE QUARTER BLOCK" in "Symbols for Legacy Computing":

Base	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	A	B	C	D	E	F
U+1FB0x	🬀	🬁	🬂	🬃	🬄	🬅	🬆	🬇	🬈	🬉	🬊	🬋	🬌	🬍	🬎	🬏
U+1FB1x	🬐	🬑	🬒	🬓	🬔	🬕	🬖	🬗	🬘	🬙	🬚	🬛	🬜	🬝	🬞	🬟
U+1FB2x	🬠	🬡	🬢	🬣	🬤	🬥	🬦	🬧	🬨	🬩	🬪	🬫	🬬	🬭	🬮	🬯
U+1FB3x	🬰	🬱	🬲	🬳	🬴	🬵	🬶	🬷	🬸	🬹	🬺	🬻	🬼	🬽	🬾	🬿
U+1FB4x	🭀	🭁	🭂	🭃	🭄	🭅	🭆	🭇	🭈	🭉	🭊	🭋	🭌	🭍	🭎	🭏
U+1FB5x	🭐	🭑	🭒	🭓	🭔	🭕	🭖	🭗	🭘	🭙	🭚	🭛	🭜	🭝	🭞	🭟
U+1FB6x	🭠	🭡	🭢	🭣	🭤	🭥	🭦	🭧	🭨	🭩	🭪	🭫	🭬	🭭	🭮	🭯
U+1FB7x	🭰	🭱	🭲	🭳	🭴	🭵	🭶	🭷	🭸	🭹	🭺	🭻	🭼	🭽	🭾	🭿
U+1FB8x	🮀	🮁	🮂	🮃	🮄	🮅	🮆	🮇	🮈	🮉	🮊	🮋	🮌	🮍	🮎	🮏
U+1FB9x	🮐	🮑	🮒	🮓	🮔	🮕	🮖	🮗	🮘	🮙	🮚	🮛	🮜	🮝	🮞	🮟
U+1FBAx	🮠	🮡	🮢	🮣	🮤	🮥	🮦	🮧	🮨	🮩	🮪	🮫	🮬	🮭	🮮	🮯
U+1FBBx	🮰	🮱	🮲	🮳	🮴	🮵	🮶	🮷	🮸	🮹	🮺	🮻	🮼	🮽	🮾	🮿
U+1FBCx	🯀	🯁	🯂	🯃	🯄	🯅	🯆	🯇	🯈	🯉	🯊	🯋	🯌	🯍	🯎	🯏
U+1FBDx	🯐	🯑	🯒	🯓	🯔	🯕	🯖	🯗	🯘	🯙	🯚	🯛	🯜	🯝	🯞	🯟
U+1FBEx	🯠	🯡	🯢	🯣	🯤	🯥	🯦	🯧	🯨	🯩	🯪	🯫	🯬	🯭	🯮	🯯
U+1FBFx	🯰	🯱	🯲	🯳	🯴	🯵	🯶	🯷	🯸	🯹	🯺	🯻	🯼	🯽	🯾	🯿

The Wikipedia entry also has a link to the official Unicode charts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbols_for_Legacy_Computing

Answer 3

You can use the unicode set of the arrow symbols, for example:

• → - Rightwards Arrow
• ⇒ - Rightwards Double Arrow
• ⇉ - Rightwards Paired Arrows
• ⇶ - Three Rightwards Arrows
• 🡆 - Rightwards Heavy Arrow
• ↳ - Downwards Arrow with Tip Rightwards
• etc.

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^{See also: How do I change the distance between words?}

Answer 4

This seems to work with most fonts:

►
9658
U+25Ba

Answer 5

Changing the font to Courier New "fixed" it, but I don't really like it as a console font.