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A ledger you keep in a text file. This kit draws every frame, control and chart with the 95 printable ASCII characters, so it holds on any monospace font.

type on the grid

x4 56/882,318
x2 28/44March 2026
x1 14/22Lidl Leith, groceries
x1 boldbalance carried
label 12EUR · 31 days · 48 entries

Sizes are 1x, 2x, 4x of 14px, so a 4x glyph covers exactly 4 cells by 4 rows.

frames

entry 03-14|-  41.20

single: + - |, panels

budget|  600.00

double: + = ||, totals

tip|press n to add

rounded: . ' , hints

over budget|eating out

shadow: # offset, alerts

buttons and inputs

rest

states

fields amount> payee>

choices recurring shared EUR GBP

colour roles

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Ink, text and frames#EFE6D2
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Ink 2, labels, axes#B3A68F
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Signal, the one accent#63D2C6
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Warn, near a budget#F2A65A
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Over, errors#FF8A7A
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Ground, the page#1A1612

block chart, spend per month

hover a column · Mar 2026 1,684.10

One cell

Everything is 1ch wide and 22px tall. Gaps are 1ch or 2ch, never 10px.

95 glyphs

Printable ASCII only. Web font subsets drop box drawing, and one fallback glyph tears a frame.

Brackets act

Text in [ brackets ] is a button. Parentheses pick one, square marks pick many.

One signal

Cyan means act or selected. Amber and red only report money.