ESC sequences or ncurses?

Question

linux

Good day to all. Thank you for your time.
An application is planned that will have a lot of text output to the console / terminal under Linux, the specific platform is unknown. The text will need to be formatted (color/background/blink/position).
Should I use ncurses or keep using ascii esc sequences?
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Answer 1

ncurses is good because it can work under different terminal emulators, giving the same output at the output. The terminal may or may not be XTERM. Usually a set of XTERM escape sequences is enough, but you can play it safe.

Answer 2

ncurses of course, this library is designed to make life easier when working with ASCII