Unsupported Unicodes on Windows 10

Hello,

My code with smooth bar and waves spinner works well on Ubuntu.

However, the same code on Windows 10 shows incorrect output due to the Unicode issue.

Please suggest a workaround for this!

[pranjal-joshi]

Sure! I will try more about packing font in the executable. I will reopen and update if I found a way to do it. meanwhile, I just use the following code to avoid bad-looking blocks:

    import platform
    bar = 'smooth'
    spinner = 'waves'
    if 'Windows' in platform.platform():
        bar = 'classic2'
        spinner = 'dots_recur'
    with alive_bar(numStocks,bar=bar,spinner=spinner) as progressbar:
        # Do some stuff here
        progressbar()

Thank you both for quick support! 😃

[TheTechRobo]

I don’t think so, unless you bundle a full-on terminal with it. 😕

Font choice is set by the console, not the program, sadly.

Did Nerd fonts work? If so, you could always simply suggest it, saying that if it doesn’t work try the nerd font…

In any case it’s not horrible, they’ll just see little squares instead of bits of the progress bar.