Standard font is glitching in the reporter

[owenallenaz]

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Description

When I run mocha@8.4.0 the reporter formats the text correctly, but when I run mocha@9.0.2 or any of the 9.x.x line, the text output isn't formatted correctly regarding the sizing and spacing of the tests.

• 8.4.0 - https://www.screencast.com/t/mIfO519e78 - Checkmarks in the right size, no spaces between the different tests.
• 9.x.x - https://www.screencast.com/t/P2RBeinqJXrz - Notice the check marks are being cut-off in a weird way.

This behavior is happening when I use the node:14.17.3 or node:14.17.3-buster-slim docker containers.

Versions

• Windows 10, running a linux vagrant Ubuntu, running Node docker container.
• global mocha - none
• local mocha - 9.0.2
• OS - Debian Buster 10 or Debian Stretch 9
• /bin/bash or /bin/sh both exhibit the problem

[JoshuaKGoldberg]

I believe this is a Windows-specific bug with emojis. Mocha 9 switched to the thicker ✔ emoji rather than the old ✓. Running these in the VS Code terminal on macOS 14:

Please let me know if I'm wrong here - and if so, which terminal app(s) you're using.

Edit: to be clear, by "Windows-specific" I mean Windows (or an app in it) is at fault for rendering emojis improperly.