Column sizes wrong

[onenoc]

Hi, so there is a somewhat serious problem here. If x is the value, m is the max value in our input file, mb is the number of blocks (the character used to generate the bars) associated with m for a given window size, and xb is the number of blocks associated with x for the same window size, we want that

x/m = xb/mb

However, if m=6, x=1, and mb=100, we can't satisfy xb with an integer value. As the window size gets smaller, this issue becomes more apparent (you'll sometimes have 4 blocks for the value 1, but 9 blocks for the value 2). There are a couple possible solutions to this issue, but I'm not sure which approach is best, so I'd like your thoughts:
-have variable sized blocks for the very top block (not sure how we would do it, as currently our blocks are a char)
-have variable y-padding, again to try to make this equation hold with integers
-use some kind of fill/paint that just colors a region entirely

[tj]

good question, im not sure what the traditional techniques are for this, I'm definitely not a stats guy but I really wanted something like this. I'm open to suggestions for sure

[onenoc]

So there are several ways I can think of to fix this to make it approximately correct in terms of how it looks to the eye, but it's a question of how it would look aesthetically.
-We could change the font size of the char used for the blocks (we might end up with some very thin columns though).
-We could use something to fill a region with black. Maybe we should use/call a graphics library? Or we could try extending term, but that seems like it would be harder
-I think the variable x-padding won't work that well.