This Section is Interfacing w/ Software on the Computer isn't it?
I have used used hyperterminal on windoze systems and various terminals on linux. I even have or had a lookup text to get the IIRC cu right since I don't do this much.
I posted a crude demo sketch years ago.
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EDIT: Arduino Forum
I did code for ANSI terminals and later emulators at different small companies.
Screen-IO beats the crud outta scrolling lines. Serial Monitor needs cursor key codes and key-not-line entry.
Aren't dot-fonts used by every OS?
I wondered if this wouldn't take reinventing the wheel.