simple formatting possibilities

[Felix Finch]

On 20200827, Jon LaBadie wrote:
>Is there anything I could use to create such "formated text", then
>distribute it in the body of a mutt message having some hope that
>the recipients see it correctly?

Would Emacs' "picture" mode help?  It initializes a text "area" in overwrite mode instead of insert mode, so whatever you type replaces what you type over, and arrow keys navigate around the picture area.  I never used it much, haven't used it recently enough to remember the details, but it was extremely simple to use.

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