I have an old car (2003) and when I’m driving at night I’m always struck by how comforting and soft the light from the dashboard is (odometer, speedometer, revs, etc). Here’s an image for reference: https://ibb.co/wYXMxkY
Then I drive a more recent car - and the light, even on the dimmest setting has a more jarring quality.
How are these made? Are they just backlit panels with cutouts? I’d love to build a cli display using this kind of lighting.
You want old-school monochrome monitor, in amber or green color if possible. they have this old, analog-only look in them.
(And you may want to avoid using "CLI" to mean "text only" -- there were plenty of TUI, text-only displays with full screen interface [0])