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glyphs.rb

ESC = "\x1b"

GREEN  = ESC + "[32m"
YELLOW = ESC + "[33m"
RED    = ESC + "[31m"
BLUE   = ESC + "[34m"
RESET  = ESC + "[0m"

STAR_GLYPH  = "\u{2b51}"  # BLACK SMALL STAR (U+2B51)
INFO_GLYPH  = "\u{1d4be}" # MATHEMATICAL SCRIPT SMALL I (U+1D4BE)
CHECK_GLYPH = "\u{2713}"  # CHECK MARK (U+2713)
X_GLYPH     = "\u{2717}"  # BALLOT X (U+2717)

STAR  = YELLOW + STAR_GLYPH  + RESET
INFO  = BLUE   + INFO_GLYPH  + RESET
CHECK = GREEN  + CHECK_GLYPH + RESET
X     = RED    + X_GLYPH     + RESET

puts(STAR  + " we didn't need to do the thing")
puts(INFO  + " you should know a thing, or we are going to do a thing")
puts(CHECK + " we did the thing successfully")
puts(X     + " we failed to do the thing")