[BUG] Windows: Output text displays with garbled formatting, skipped lines, and misaligned text

Preflight Checklist

• [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
• [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
• [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

Environment:

• OS: Windows 11
• Claude Code version: 2.0.75

Description:
When Claude outputs multi-line responses on Windows, the text displays incorrectly with:

• Skipped/missing lines
• Excessive spaces in the middle of lines
• Text appearing misaligned or truncated

For a reusable blog engine, an Astro theme is the cleanest approach.
repo - Users fork/clone a starter repo.

Instead of properly formatted text, words appear randomly indented or cut off.

Expected behavior:
Text should display cleanly without random spacing or missing content.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Run Claude Code on Windows
2. Ask Claude a question that produces a multi-line response with bullet points or numbered lists

''' > i want to repackage the feature set and make it available to other would-be blog owners/authors

reusable engine.

1. Astro theme - The native way. Publish layouts/components as an npm package. Users install it and add their own content folder. Astro has built-in theme support.

repo - Users fork/clone a starter repo. Simpler but harder to pull in engine updates later.
pos - Engine repo + content repo. Build process combines them. Clean but more complex deployment.

Users would:

Is this something you want to explore now, or are you just thinking ahead?

What Should Happen?

Expected behavior:
Text should display cleanly without random spacing or missing content.

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

Steps to reproduce:

1. Run Claude Code on Windows
2. Ask Claude a question that produces a multi-line response with bullet points or numbered lists

Claude Model

None

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

2.0.75

Platform

Other

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

Terminal.app (macOS)

Additional Information

_No response_