# Displayed text is hard to read in cmd

**URL:** <https://discourse.beets.io/t/displayed-text-is-hard-to-read-in-cmd/1906>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [October 19, 2021, 12:36am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/displayed-text-is-hard-to-read-in-cmd/1906 "2021-10-19T00:36:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 19, 2021, 1:40am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/displayed-text-is-hard-to-read-in-cmd/1906/2 "2021-10-19T01:40:43Z")

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Those are ANSI color codes - the fact you’re seeing them means your terminal doesn’t support them.

See [#2607](https://github.com/beetbox/beets/issues/2607).

There are a couple of related threads on here too:

- [Beets echoing weird characters, confusing formatting](https://discourse.beets.io/t/beets-echoing-weird-characters-confusing-formatting/315)
- [Can someone please tell me how i can launch this in python?](https://discourse.beets.io/t/can-someone-please-tell-me-how-i-can-launch-this-in-python/1875)

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