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FIGlet is a computer program that generates text banners, in a variety of fonts, comprised of letters made up of conglomerations of smaller ASCII characters (see ASCII Art).

History

According to the main page, FIGlet stands for "Frank, Ian and Glenn's LETters" after the creators, Glenn Chappell (who was the main programmer) and Ian Chai, and Frank, whose .sig (email signature block) inspired the program. The fonts for the program were inspired by various UseNet articles and signatures.

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.
-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.

 __        ___ _    _                _ _    _    
 \ \      / (_) | _(_)_ __   ___  __| (_)  / \   
  \ \ /\ / /| | |/ / | '_ \ / _ \/ _` | | / _ \  
   \ V  V / | |   <| | |_) |  __/ (_| | |/ ___ \ 
    \_/\_/  |_|_|\_\_| .__/ \___|\__,_|_/_/   \_\
                     |_|

The following code:

 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.

External links

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 ==History==
-According to the [[main (Unix)|main]] page, FIGlet stands for "Frank, Ian and Glenn's LETters" after the creators,  [[Glenn Chappell]] (who was the main programmer) and [[Ian Chai]], and Frank, whose .sig (email [[signature]]) inspired the program. The fonts for the program were inspired by various [[UseNet]] articles and signatures.
+According to the [[main (Unix)|main]] page, FIGlet stands for "Frank, Ian and Glenn's LETters" after the creators,  [[Glenn Chappell]] (who was the main programmer) and [[Ian Chai]], and Frank, whose [[Signature block|.sig]] (email [[signature]] block) inspired the program. The fonts for the program were inspired by various [[UseNet]] articles and signatures.
 ==Behavior==