Class ConsoleSymbols

Provides standardized symbols for console output, with automatic fallback to ASCII if Unicode is unsupported.

Inheritance

System.Object

ConsoleSymbols

Inherited Members

System.Object.ToString()

System.Object.Equals(System.Object)

System.Object.Equals(System.Object, System.Object)

System.Object.ReferenceEquals(System.Object, System.Object)

System.Object.GetHashCode()

System.Object.GetType()

System.Object.MemberwiseClone()

Namespace: WizardWrx

Assembly: WizardWrx.Common.dll

Syntax

public static class ConsoleSymbols

Remarks

In character-mode (console) applications that use them, the Unicode glyphs, BULLET, CHECK_MARK, CROSS_MARK, and RIGHT_ARROW, require a console that supports UTF-8. Use Initialize() to coerce the console to use a UTF-8 code page that supports them. Additionally, to properly display these glyphs, your console must render in a font face that supports these Unicode glyphs. Examples are Consolas, Cascadia Code, and Segoe UI Emoji.

For ease of access, I promoted the classes that expose only constants to the root of the WizardWrx namespace.

Fields

Check

Unicode check mark (✔) or ASCII fallback ("[OK]").

Declaration

public static readonly string Check

Field Value

Type	Description
System.String

Cross

Unicode cross mark (✘) or ASCII fallback ("[X]").

Declaration

public static readonly string Cross

Field Value

Type	Description
System.String

Properties

IsInitialized

The static constructor sets this method to True.

Declaration

public static bool IsInitialized { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean

Methods

Initialize()

Forces static constructor execution early, ensuring encoding is set before first output.

Declaration

public static void Initialize()