The grid is the message

Terminal typography is built on a single constraint: every glyph occupies the same horizontal space. Everything else follows.

Alignment is a feature

Columns line up, timestamps line up, numbers line up. The eye reads the structure before it reads the words.

Keep the symbols

Useful punctuation is part of the voice. A :: before a label, a # before a tag, a thin rule where a card would go.

Drop the glow

The terminal is a mood, not a palette. Warm paper and one accent color will do more than a black background ever could.