FIGlet
Original author(s) | Glenn Chappell, Ian Chai |
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Initial release | 1991 (as "newban") / 1993 (figlet 2.0)[1] |
Stable release | 2.2.5[2]
/ May 2012 |
Repository | |
Written in | C |
Operating system | Unix-like |
Platform | Cross-platform |
Type | Typesetting |
License | New BSD[3] |
Website | www |
FIGlet is a computer program that generates text banners, in a variety of typefaces, composed of letters made up of conglomerations of smaller ASCII characters (see ASCII art). The name derives from "Frank, Ian and Glenn's letters".[4]
Being free software, FIGlet is commonly included as part of many Unix-like operating systems (Linux,[5] BSD, etc.) distributions, but it has been ported to other platforms as well. The official FIGlet FTP site includes precompiled ports for the Acorn, Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, BeOS, Macintosh, MS-DOS, NeXTSTEP, OS/2, and Windows platforms, as well as a reimplementation in Perl (Text::FIGlet[6]).[7] There are third-party reimplementations of FIGlet in Java[8] (including one embedded in the JavE ASCII art editor), JavaScript,[9] PHP,[10][11] Python,[12] and Go.[13] FIGlet was featured as a Debian Package of the Day in 2007.[14]
Behavior
FIGlet can read from standard input or accept a message as part of the command line. It prints to standard output. Some common arguments (options) are:
-f
to select a font file. (font files are available here)-d
to change the directory for fonts.-c
centers the output.-l
left-aligns the output.-r
right-aligns the output.-t
sets the output width to the terminal width.-w
specifies a custom output width.-k
enables kerning, printing each letter of the message individually, instead of merged into the adjacent letters.
Sample usage
An example of output generated by FIGlet is shown below.
[user@hostname ~]$ figlet Wikipedia
__ ___ _ _ _ _
\ \ / (_) | _(_)_ __ ___ __| (_) __ _
\ \ /\ / /| | |/ / | '_ \ / _ \/ _` | |/ _` |
\ V V / | | <| | |_) | __/ (_| | | (_| |
\_/\_/ |_|_|\_\_| .__/ \___|\__,_|_|\__,_|
|_|
The following command:
[user@hostname ~]$ figlet -ct -f roman Wikipedia
generates this output:
oooooo oooooo oooo o8o oooo o8o .o8 o8o `888. `888. .8' `"' `888 `"' "888 `"' `888. .8888. .8' oooo 888 oooo oooo oo.ooooo. .ooooo. .oooo888 oooo .oooo. `888 .8'`888. .8' `888 888 .8P' `888 888' `88b d88' `88b d88' `888 `888 `P )88b `888.8' `888.8' 888 888888. 888 888 888 888ooo888 888 888 888 .oP"888 `888' `888' 888 888 `88b. 888 888 888 888 .o 888 888 888 d8( 888 `8' `8' o888o o888o o888o o888o 888bod8P' `Y8bod8P' `Y8bod88P" o888o `Y888""8o 888 o888o
The -ct
options centers the text and makes it take up the full width of the terminal. The -f roman
option specifies the 'roman' font file.
Font examples
Invita
__ __) (, ) | / , /) , /) , | /| / (/_ __ _ _(/ _ |/ |/ _(_/(___(_/_)__(/_(_(__(_(_(_ / | .-/ (_/
Banner (same of banner utility)
# # # # # # # # # ##### ###### ##### # ## # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #### # # # ##### # # # # # # # # # # # # ##### # # # # ###### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ## ## # # # # # ###### ##### # # #
Larry3d
__ __ __ __ /\ \ __/\ \ __/\ \ __ /\ \ __ \ \ \/\ \ \ \/\_\ \ \/'\ /\_\ _____ __ \_\ \/\_\ __ \ \ \ \ \ \ \/\ \ \ , < \/\ \/\ '__`\ /'__`\ /'_` \/\ \ /'__`\ \ \ \_/ \_\ \ \ \ \ \\`\\ \ \ \ \L\ \/\ __//\ \L\ \ \ \/\ \L\.\_ \ `\___x___/\ \_\ \_\ \_\ \_\ \ ,__/\ \____\ \___,_\ \_\ \__/.\_\ '\/__//__/ \/_/\/_/\/_/\/_/\ \ \/ \/____/\/__,_ /\/_/\/__/\/_/ \ \_\ \/_/
FIGlet-based ASCII typefaces
Eric Olson's 2002 FIG typeface family is a series of OpenType fonts similar to the output of FIGlet.
TOIlet seeks to extend FIGlet to use colour text.[15] FIGlet supports TOIlet fonts as of version 2.2.4.
See also
References
- ^ Chappell, Glen (1995). ""Why does FIGlet exist?" a history of FIGlet". Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "FIGLet home page". Retrieved 2012-06-18.
- ^ ""Why does FIGlet exist?" a history of FIGlet". Retrieved 2011-01-15.
- ^ "FIGlet FAQ". Retrieved 2013-09-19.
- ^ Stutz, Michael (2001). "Text Fonts". The Linux Cookbook. No Starch Press. ISBN 1-886411-48-4. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ Text::FIGlet
- ^ "Official FIGlet FTP site". Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ Rigaut, Benoît (1996). "Figlet Java". Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ Gillespie, Pat (2006). "TAAG". Archived from the original on 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
- ^ Baltes, Lucas. "PHP Figlet". Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Zend Framework – Zend_Text_Figlet Component". Archived from the original on 2012-08-22. Retrieved 2013-10-29.
- ^ Jones, Christopher (2007). "pyfiglet". Retrieved 2014-11-27.
- ^ Sampson, Luke (13 December 2018). "GitHub - lukesampson/figlet: Figlet in Go". Github. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
- ^ Tincho (2007-03-25). "FIGLET: a totally useless, therefore essential tool". Archived from the original on March 30, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
- ^ "TOIlet". Retrieved 2010-01-29.
External links
- Official website
- FIGfont Documentation version 2 FIGfont and FIGdriver Standard
- PHP library at PHP
- Online FIGlet ASCII art generators
- Text Art Figlet Generator at TextArt.io
- TAAG (Text Ascii Art Generator) at Pat or JK
- ASCII signature at Julius Kammerl
- ASCII generator at Network Science