(C++) Diplaying Shaded Blocks in Windows CMD (▓, ▒, ░)

Question

I am currently trying to create a game using the windows console. It is supposed to be a raytracer (in the fashion of Wolfenstein 3D). I need to shade objects that are further away with different unicode characters called "shaded blocks".

The problem is, that these characters seem to bug out the Windows console. The "full block" looks as it is supposed to look:

However, when I use the "DARK SHADE" character, the console seems to bug out and displays this:

I then did some other testing. When pasting the character into the CMD, it is more slim, and taller:

However, when going into the consol properties and exiting it again, it squishes the blocks together, and adding masses of space characters after them (I added a dot to the end of the line so you can see where the spaces end):

I used Consolas with 16pt for all of them.

Can you tell me how to display these characters properly? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

[This is not an answer. It's a comment that requires code.]

Maybe try this:

#define UNICODE
#define NOMINMAX
#define STRICT
#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
#include <windows.h>

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

namespace winapi {
    HANDLE const    std_output  = GetStdHandle( STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE );

    void write( wchar_t const* const s, int const n )
    {
        DWORD n_written;
        WriteConsole( std_output, s, n, &n_written, 0 );
    }

    void write( wstring const& s )
    {
        write( s.c_str(), s.length() );
    }
}

auto main()
    -> int
{
    wchar_t const   light_shade     = L'░';
    wchar_t const   medium_shade    = L'▒';
    wchar_t const   dark_shade      = L'▓';

    winapi::write( wstring( 64, dark_shade ) + L'\n' );
}