PTPL 214 · Hand-typed progress bars, plus a new plain text discussion zone

Because typewriter-style graphics are cool and the algorithmic internet is not Goodie 1 - The Progress Bar Someone kindly gave me a typewriter last month. Playing with it has reminded me of the creative ways we used to use monospaced fonts, because at one time that’s all there were. Progress bars and charts could be represented with nothing other than good old text-based characters. People with a…