| FIGlet | |
| Author: | Glenn Chappell, Ian Chai |
| Released: | 1991 (as "newban") / 1993 (figlet 2.0)[1] |
| Latest Release Version: | 2.2.5[2] |
| Latest Release Date: | May 2012 |
| Programming Language: | C |
| Operating System: | Unix-like |
| Platform: | Cross-platform |
| Genre: | Typesetting |
| License: | New BSD[3] |
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, Mac, MS-DOS, NeXTSTEP, OS/2, and Microsoft Windows, 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 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.An example of output generated by FIGlet is shown below.
The following command:
generates this output:
class="center">
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.
class="left">
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| /, /), /),
| /| / (/_ __ _ _(/ _
|/ |/ _(_/(___(_/_)__(/_(_(__(_(_(_
/ | .-/
(_/
class="left"> # # # # # # # # # ##### ###### ##### # ## # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #### # # # ##### # # # # # # # # # # # # ##### # # # # ###### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ## ## # # # # # ###### ##### # # #
class="left">
__ __ __ __
/\ \ __/\ \ __/\ \ __ /\ \ __
\ \ \/\ \ \ \/\_\ \ \/'\ /\_\ _____ __ \_\ \/\_\ __
\ \ \ \ \ \ \/\ \ \, < \/\ \/\ '__`\ /'__`\ /'_` \/\ \ /'__`\
\ \ \_/ \_\ \ \ \ \ \\`\\ \ \ \ \L\ \/\ __//\ \L\ \ \ \/\ \L\.\_
\ `\___x___/\ \_\ \_\ \_\ \_\ \,__/\ \____\ \___,_\ \_\ \__/.\_\
'\/__//__/ \/_/\/_/\/_/\/_/\ \ \/ \/____/\/__,_ /\/_/\/__/\/_/
\ \_\
\/_/
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.[14] FIGlet supports TOIlet fonts as of version 2.2.4.