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I'm trying to output multiple characters to the same location in a console window, without overwriting/clearing any of them

Simply moving the cursor position to the x and y coordinates seem to clear the existing character and write the new one to the screen.

cout << "O";
SetConsoleCursorPosition(hConsole, pos);
cout << "I";

I was hoping that would create an O/I hybrid, with the 2 occupying the same screen space, instead of just an I.

aruppairlift
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    That's not how the console works. Each cell contains one character. – Raymond Chen Apr 01 '19 at 16:02
  • The duplicate is not a duplicate. The duplicate proposes positioning things at a specific location without the use of the ANSI control characters. This question talks about superimposing glyphs to produce a hybrid. Totally different in my opinion. (The answer, btw should just be a simple "No". That's not possible.) But the proposed duplicate is not a duplicate. – Wyck Apr 01 '19 at 16:09
  • Thanks @Wyck. I was afraid it would get marked duplicate since I searched quite a bit and found questions worded similarly, but meaning something else. As for it not being possible, now I know! – aruppairlift Apr 01 '19 at 17:11

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