Displaying Unicode properly in curses

1.1k Views Asked by Keinga At 03 April 2025 at 06:31

I want to draw a graphic using block characters using the Python 3.6 curses module. However, when I try to show a string like:

screen = curses.addstr(2,2,'▄ •▄       ▄▄▄▄·       ▄▄▌  ·▄▄▄▄      .▄▄▄  ▄• ')

it does not display properly and instead spits out gibberish like

â–„ â€¢â–„       â–„â–„â–„â–„Â·       â–„â–„â–Œ  Â·â–„â–„â–„â–„      .â–„â–„â–„  â–„â€¢ â–„â–Œâ–„â–„

when I try to refresh the display.

Is there any way to properly display Unicode characters using the curses module? Using the print() command displays them just fine.

Edit: I'm not trying to have the curses module receive unicode text, I'm just trying to get it to display properly. I have written

import locale
locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL,"")

before my code and it still does not work.

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